QUIZ: Protest and Resistance

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Quiz: Protest and Resistance

This month we look at protest and resistance in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Aotearoa New Zealand has been involved with many overseas wars. While many Kiwis readily joined the war efforts, others did not believe in fighting. Which of these famous New Zealanders was imprisoned as a Conscientious Objector during WWI?
From the 1950s Aotearoa New Zealand has been involved in campaigning for nuclear disarmament. When was the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act passed into law?
Following years of campaigning by the suffrage movement, Aotearoa New Zealand became the first self–governing country in the world to give women the vote. What year did this happen?
The largest industrial dispute in Aotearoa New Zealand history involved waterfront workers protesting against financial hardships and poor working conditions. In what year was the New Zealand Waterfront Dispute?
For how many days did the Ōrākei Māori Action Committee, led by Joe Hawke, occupy Bastion Point/ Takaparawhā?
The School Strike 4 Climate group, who held protests in Ōtautahi Christchurch in 2019 and 2021 was inspired by which environmental activist?
Dame Whina Cooper led a Māori land protest march or hikoi from Te Hāpua in Northland to Parliament in Wellington in 1975. How many signatories were there on the petition she presented to Parliament?
Racism against the Pasifika community in Aotearoa New Zealand was epitomised in the Dawn Raids which began in the 1970s with the Police rounding up Pacific Islander overstayers. What political group formed to address this racism?
The Taranaki settlement of Parihaka was a self-sufficient peaceful community made up of Māori who had become dispossessed during the land conflicts. Who led this community?
The 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour caused considerable debate and protest around Aotearoa New Zealand. The political activist John Minto was the key organiser of which anti-tour group?
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