Underpants, 'No Nukes'

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Underpants, 'No Nukes'

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Te Papa Collections Online

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These anti-nuclear protest underpants were made by international underwear giant Jockey under licence in New Zealand, and were sold through local department stores. They demonstrate the depth and breadth of anti-nuclear sentiment in New Zealand during the 1980s when France was still testing nuclear weapons in French Polynesia. Between 1966 and 1996, the French carried out about 190 nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls. Most tests were hundreds of times more powerful than the bomb dr...

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Image

Date created

circa 1985

Creator

Lane Walker Rudkin

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1348056

Related subjects

Frogs / Mushroom clouds / Nuclear weapons testing / cotton / underwear / machine sewing / Protest movements / New Zealand

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