Tom Newnham

Thomas (Tom) Oliver Newnham (* 1926, † December 15, 2010 in Epsom (New Zealand) ) was a New Zealand teacher and political activist. He was known as a resistance fighter against apartheid and as a leader of a protest movement against the New Zealand tour of the South African Springboks in 1960. He was instrumental in the largest in New Zealand per capita anti-apartheid movement in the world.

Life

Newnham was married and had two children. He died on 15 December 2010 in Elizabeth Knox Hospital in Epsom.

Services

Newnham fought as a founder and national secretary of the Citizens Association for Racial Equality (CARE ) against apartheid in South Africa and organized the protest movement against the Springbok rugby tour of South African teams in New Zealand.

Newnham also played an important role in the Peace Squadron, a flotilla of 2,000 boats - all yachts, motor boats and kayaks - that blocked the port of Auckland against nuclear-powered and armed warships. Since New Zealand is still nuclear-free zone. He advocated for the rights of Maori in New Zealand and worked creatively in the New Zealand - China Friendship Society (New Zealand China Friendship Society ).

Tom Newnham spoke Chinese ( Mandarin, Cantonese) and taught from at the Rewi Alley School in Shandan, China. " Dr. Bethune 's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall " in 2003, the second edition of his book appeared on a New Zealand nurse in China Canadian doctor Norman Bethune supported temporarily.

In various obituaries newspapers, radio and TV tribute in New Zealand, South Africa and China Newnhams restless militant action across three continents and his fight against racism of any kind

Awards

Works

  • By batons and barbed wire. Graphic Publications, 1983. ISBN 9780473001124
  • Dr. Bethune 's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall. Foreign Language Press, Beijing, 2004. ISBN 978-7119035383
  • Dr. Bethune 's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall. Graphic Publications, Auckland, 2002. ISBN 0-9597819-9-4
  • He Ming Qing: Kathleen Hall. New World Press, 1992. ISBN 9780959781939
  • Apartheid is not a game: the inside story of New Zealand 's struggle against apartheid sport.Graphic Publications, 1975
  • Interesting times: a Kiwi chronicle.Graphic Publications, 2003.
  • Lake village in Cambodia.Longmans, 1965.
  • Asia: the monsoon lands.Whitcombe and Tombs, 1973
  • Rewi: The Story of Rewi Alley.Graphic Publications, 1997 ISBN 9780473046941.
  • 1840-1990: A Long White Cloud: Maori and Non- Maori 19 Authors.Graphic Publications, 2000 ISBN 9780959781953.
  • Peace Squadron: The Sharp Edge of Nuclear protest in New Zealand. Graphic Publications, 1985. ISBN 9780959781908
  • Shandan on the Old Silk Road. Graphic Publications, 2001. ISBN 9780959781977
  • A Walk around My Fathers. Graphic Publications, 2000. ISBN 9780959781953
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