This 1995 documentary comprehensively plots New Zealand's progress from enthusiastic supporter of the atomic bomb in the 1940s to becoming proudly nuclear free by the late 1980s. The birthplace of "father of the atom" Ernest Rutherford willingly participated in British tests at Christmas Island in the 1950s (and looked eagerly for uranium in the Buller Gorge). But as testing increased in the Pacific, Prime Ministers Holyoake, Kirk and Lange voiced opposition. Moruroa, nuclear ship visit protests and the Rainbow Warrior bombing fuelled the anti-nuclear cause.
This is part 1 of the series.
Credits
Alan Erson: Director
George Andrews: Producer
Iane Mune: Narrator
Chris Burt: Sound
Leighton Clapham: Sound
Paul Richards: Cinematographer
Peter Thompson: Camera
Tim Woodhouse: Editor
