Nuclear testing
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Updated: 4 May 2020
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Created byTashi Beveridge
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Nuclear Tests begin in Pacific (French and British)French Government starts testing on Mururoa AtollNZ Prime Minister David Lange wants to ban nuclear powered ships
from entering NZ watersFirst NZ yachts sail to Mururoa to protestNZ sends frigates to Mururoa to protest French testingNZ signs Test Ban Treaty banning testing of nuclear weapons in
atmosphereFrench stop atmospheric testing but still test undergroundRainbow Warrior sunk in Auckland HarbourNZ and Australia take France to World court to stop nuclear testingRainbow Warrior is sunk at Matauri Bay to become a dive site
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