Tom Newnham

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Thomas Oliver Newnham

1981 Springbok Tour and apartheid in general (both carried out in his role as Secretary of CARE).[1]

He spoke Cantonese and Mandarin fluently after living in China and was heavily involved in helping Chinese immigrants in his later years. He wrote the book Dr Bethune's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall about the New Zealand missionary nurse who worked with the Canadian physician, Dr Norman Bethune, in China in the 1930s.[1]

In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, Newnham was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.[2]

Newnham died on 15 December 2010 from cancer, aged 84, at Elizabeth Knox Hospital, Epsom.[3][4]

In 2023 he was posthumously bestowed with the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo.[5]

1981 protest against Springboks
in Hamilton (New Zealand), right Tom Newnham
1989 Tom Newnham at Kathleen Hall's village China
2000 Tom Newnham at Kathleen Hall commemoration in Baoding, China

Books by Tom Newnham

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Anti-apartheid fighter Tom Newnham dies". TVNZ. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  2. ^ "No. 51367". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 11 June 1988. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Human rights campaigner Tom Newnham dies". Radio New Zealand. 16 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Thomas Oliver Newnham". The New Zealand Herald. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Announcement of the 2023 National Order Awards nominated names by Director-General of The Presidency, Phindile Baleni". Presidency of South Africa. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. ^ Chris (17 February 2004). "Conscience of a nation". LeafSalon. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  7. ^ Geoff Chapple (21 February 2004). "The long march". New Zealand Listener (3328).

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