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Four veterans received their Special Service Medal (Nuclear Testing) from the Ministry of Defence, England, at the Te Awamutu & District Memorial Returned...
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The HMNZS Pukaki and Rotoiti observed nuclear tests near Christmas Island in 1957.
New Zealand sailors exposed to British nuclear tests in the Pacific in the 1950s remain unhappy they have never had a government apology for being placed in harm's way.
, Harrowing stories reveal decades of fallout for nuclear test veterans, STUFF, Jimmy Ellingham , June 12 2021 More than 500 young Kiwi sailors were unwitting witnesses to British nuclear testing in the Pacific in the late 1950s. Jimmy Ellingham talks to three men who were there. One by one they spoke of cancers and birth…
One by one they spoke, of cancers and birth defects in their children. “Everyone cried. It was so terrible. We decided that we’ve got to do something about this.”