Voices Against War
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Women were not directly affected by compulsory military training or conscription, but many mothers, wives, aunts, sisters and grandmothers had...Women peacemakers
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The legacy of the World War I peace movement
The end of the war did not mean the end of the peace movement. Instead, in the interwar years there...
The response of the Labour Movement to conscription: political objectors to military service
In the early part of the 20th century Christchurch was a hotbed of socialism, and the advent of the First World...
Women peacemakers
Women were not directly affected by compulsory military training or conscription, but many mothers, wives, aunts, sisters and grandmothers had...
Conscription, and those who objected for religious, ethical or humanitarian reasons
As the war continued and the high number of casualties became known, volunteers were less keen to enlist. The New...
Pre-War Anti-Militarism and the Passive Resisters Union
The pre-war peace movement began in response to the 1909 Defence Act which introduced compulsory military training or ‘Peacetime Conscription’....
Recent Items
A four-page pamphlet published by T. C. Gregory of Bristol which features the Sellar family who returned to Britain after their two sons resisted… A one-page leaflet published by T. C. Gregory of Bristol which warns against emigrating to New Zealand on one side, with warnings about Australia and… The front page of a pamphlet compiled and published by T.C. Gregory of Bristol which contains writing from both Britain and New Zealand. Included are… The front cover of a pamphlet published by T. C. Gregory of Bristol. It was compiled from writing by New Zealanders and included extracts from C.… A photograph of a large group of people sitting outside a building. English Quaker Percy Fletcher attended this first Annual Meeting of the New…'New Zealand and Conscription: The Sellar Case' pamphlet
'Don't Emigrate to New Zealand! Why?' Leaflet
'Conscription in New Zealand and Australia' pamphlet
'Warning to Emigrants' pamphlet
First 'Annual Meeting' New Zealand Friends, Christchurch
