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"nuclear armed warships are made for nuclear war Say No to the Truxtun"

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Reference NumberEph-0101-UA-B-01/01Date[1982]

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DescriptionA poster to protest a visit to New Zealand by the U.S.S. Truxtun.History / BiographyCampaign Against Nuclear Warships, known as CANWAR, was originally set up as an interim committee of the New Zealand University Students' Association to oppose nuclear warship visits to Wellington in 1976. A public meeting was held in Wellington on 1st July 1976. The organisation became a coalition of concerned groups and by 1978 was named the Coalition Against Nuclear Warships (but still known as CANWAR).
The New Zealand government officially banned the entry of nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered ships in 1984. CANWAR organised a public rally at Parliament supporting the ban and to thank the government for its stance on 12th February 1985.
(From 'Students Seeking Canwar Support', Evening Star, 2 June 1976, page 18; 'A Review of the Pacific in an Unstable World' Wellington: Campaign Against Nuclear Warships, 1977, page 25; 'Wharf picket for U.S. submarine', Press, 12 January 1978, page 3; Andreas Reitzig 'In defiance of nuclear deterrence: anti-nuclear New Zealand after two decades', Medicine, Conflict and Survival, April-June 2006, 22 (2), page 132.)PublisherNew Zealand University Students' AssociationProvenanceDonated by P.R. Miller 1982.TypePosterObject Dimensions(h) 389 mm x (w) 295 mm

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NamesU.S.S. Truxtun (ship)Coalition Against Nuclear WarshipsNew Zealand University Students' AssociationSubjectsNuclear warshipsAntinuclear movement -- New ZealandNuclear WeaponsNuclear Power

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