ABSTRACT
The peace movement is one of the major forces in the non-government organization (NGO) world in New Zealand. Apart from the long-term constant work of Quakers and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and CND, the New Zealand peace movement had its genesis in the anti-Vietnam protest movement. A Canadian man, Larry Ross, travelled the country pointing out the evils of weapons of mass destruction, and urged communities – schools, churches, local urban and rural councils – to declare themselves nuclear-free. The government had made a commitment to include peace studies, across the board, in all schools, and this is happening, to a limited extent, at the present time. NGO people have a keen interest in the Partial Test Ban Treaty Amendment Conference; in fostering an approach to security which embraces economic, social, and non-military security and focuses on role as one of the South Pacific nations; in strengthening international law.
