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A photograph of a large group of people sitting outside a building. English Quaker Percy Fletcher attended this first Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Religious Society of Friends, held in Christchurch. Fletcher is standing fourth from the left in…

Ernest Munns was a salesman for the Crown Clothing Company and a member of the Richmond Mission at the time of his hearing before the Military Service Board in Christchurch in December 1917. His objections to military service were on religious…

A photograph of Douglas Day as a young man, sitting on a chair.

Postcard cartoon depicting a soldier shooting a striking worker. The postcard is reprinted from the Passive Resisters' Union journal the Repeal.

In the 1930s Reg Williams was a trapeze artist, pictured here under his stage name of 'Delgado'. His act, called the 'Slide of Death', was a highlight of the Hippodrome Vaudeville Company's show.

A photograph of the New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union's national convention in Dunedin, 1912. The National President of the WCTU, Fanny Cole, is sitting front right, with gavel.

A photograph of a cost of living and anti-conscription demonstration in March 1917. It attracted over 2,500 people to the Colosseum in Christchurch.

Postcard cartoon depicting a man, representing the New Zealand press, supporting a plinth and statue, representing conscription, against the winds of public opinion. The postcard is reprinted from the Passive Resisters' Union journal the Repeal.

Invitation to a social evening hosted by the Children's Peace Society at the Manchester Chambers, Christchurch, 23 October 1913.

A photograph of Charles Mackie with a bicycle, wearing a hat.