Stand Up - A History of Protest in New Zealand
This article looks at a number of important social issues and significant events in New Zealand’s history, thematically linked around the idea of protest.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2017
Reading year level: 6
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: apartheid, conflict, GE-free, general strike, genetic engineering, Great Depression, Great Strike 1913, hīkoi, history, Kate Sheppard, Māori Land March, marches, Nelson Mandela, New Zealand history, Parihaka, passive resistance, petitions, protest, right to vote, riots, rugby, Springbok tour 1981, strikes, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, Tohu Kākahi, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), unions, Vietnam war, Waterfront Dispute 1951, watersiders, Whina Cooper, women’s suffragette petition
Stand Up - A History of Protest in New Zealand
Words by Dylan Owen