Peacemonger: Owen Wilkes International Peace Researcher
Author: Edited by May Bass and Mark Derby
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: 9781991153869
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: 01 January 2022
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Description
The life and work of outstanding New Zealand peace activist Owen Wilkes. Tributes from friends and associates.
Born in Christchurch, Owen Wilkes was an internationalist and a dedicated New Zealander — a subsistence farmer on the West Coast (where his self-built eco-home was demolished by the local council), an archaeologist, tramper and yachtsman.
Owen Wilkes (1940–2005) was known throughout the Pacific and across the world as an outstanding researcher on peace and disarmament.
In his lifetime Owen Wilkes
exposed plans to build a US Navy satellite tracking station in the Southern Alps
identified a foreign spy base at Tangimoana (near Bulls)
had job offers from leading peace research institutes in Norway and Sweden
an espionage charge for taking photographs during a cycling holiday
supported local campaigns against foreign military activity in the Philippines, and for a nuclear-free Pacific.
Published by Raekaihau Press in association with Steele Roberts Aotearoa