SummaryBefore Pae Korokī and Papers Past, the New Zealand Room librarians would note topics of interest in an alphabetised card catalogue, this is their selection of Peace Action Tauranga (PACT) stories from the Bay of Plenty Times and other sources.Main Body
1976 October: Peace group to attend Conference. Bay of Plenty Times, 8 October 1976.
1980 September:
March held. 20 September 1980, p. 1.
March held to protest against U.S.S. Trylon. 22 September 1980, p. 8.
Protest meeting. 25 September 1980, p. 18.
1982 May:
Anti-nuclear message heard in city. 5 May 1982.
Protest planned: Anti-nuclear message heard in city. 20 May 1982, p. 1.
1982 August:
Peace group backs Islanders. (Kwajalein Atoll 'Operation Homecoming'). 4 August 1982, p. 7.
Spring plant gifts a gesture of peace. (Given to City Council). 10 August 1982, p. 16.
PACT petition. 14 August 1982, p. 7.
Peace Workshop. (Organised by Pact, to be held in Hamilton). 16 August 1982, p. 20.
1982 September: Arts for peace theme. 29 September 1982, p. 8.
1995 February: Peace Action group in for the long haul. Group celebrates its 20th birthday. Bay of Plenty Times, 22 February 1995, p. 10.
1997 February 12: Organisation wound up.
A few historic images of peace protest in Pae Korokī:
Protest trawler vessel Boy Roel, Ōmokoroa wharf, Brett Cooper. Published in the Bay of Plenty Times, 29 June 1972. Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-21301
Labour MP's Mr E. E. Isby, Dr G. Wall and Mr Rata about to embark on the Boy Roel, heading for the French nuclear test zone. Published Bay of Plenty Times, 30 June 1972. Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-21330
Frenchman Paul Farge, of Tauranga, with his yacht, hopes to sail to the Mururoa Atoll later in the year. He will be joining a fleet of at least eight yachts in protest of the French nuclear tests. Published in the Bay of Plenty Times, 10 January 1973. Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-23312
Protest yacht Fri at Tauranga for an overhaul. Published Bay of Plenty Times, 28 December 1973. Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-23934
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