Notes

A selected history of the protests that shape modern day Aotearoa, starting with the early 1800s, through to anti-nuclear and land rights

Land Protests -
Hone Heke
Parihaka
Bastion Point 1977-1978
Nga Tamatoa
Pakaitore (Moutoa Gardens) 1995
Foreshore and Seabed 2004
Waitangi Day Protests
Ihumatao

Employment -
The Great Strike 1912-1913
The Waihi Strike 1912
The Wharves Strike 1913
The Waterfront Dispute 1951

Shaking Up the System -
Women's Suffrage
MMP
Abortion Rights
Women Reclaim the Night
#MeToo
Rainbow Romances Gay Rights
Access for All rights for the disabled

The Peacemakers -
World War One
Archibald Baxter and "the Fourteen"
Te Puea Herangi and the Maori anti war resistance
World War Two
Vietnam
Iraq War
Ban the Bomb : anti-nuclear protests

Calling Out Racism -
The Springbok tour 1981
The Dawn Raids

Protecting the Environment -
Save Manapouri
The Fight for Okarito
Rivers and Fresh Water
GE, Mining and Oceans

The Biggest Issue of All : Climate Change Action -
School Strike 4 Climate

Our Pacific Neighbours - Past and Future Protests
Samoa : The Mau movement
Solomon Islands
Tonga : the Ma'a Tonga Kautahi
Kiribati: We are not drowning we are fighting