Tom Newnham
Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Use dmy dates Thomas Oliver Newnham Template:Post-nominals (20 November 1926 – 15 December 2010) was a New Zealand political activist and educationalist. He was involved in several left wing causes: attacking institutional racism in New Zealand, and opposing the 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]
Books by Tom Newnham
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- By batons and barbed wire. Graphic Publications, 1983. Template:ISBN
- Dr. Bethune's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall. Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 2004. Template:ISBN
- Dr. Bethune's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall. Graphic Publications, Auckland, 2002. Template:ISBN
- He Ming Qing: Kathleen Hall. New World Press, 1992. Template:ISBN
- New Zealand Women in China. Graphic Publications, 1995. Template:ISBN
- Apartheid is not a game: the inside story of New Zealand's struggle against apartheid sport. Graphic Publications, 1975
- An ABC of Racial Sport : what New Zealand sporting visits to South Africa really mean . Citizens Association for Racial Equality, 1969.
- Libel action against Prime Minister in Supreme Court, Auckland, 4–15 July 1977. Citizens Association for Racial Equality, 1977.
- Letter to Mr. Holyoake about the proposed All Black tour of South Africa and Rhodesia. Citizens Association for Racial Equality, 1969.
- The term "honorary white". Citizens Association for Racial Equality, 1969.
- Some Questions for Mr Dalgety. T. O. Newnham, 1978.
- Sione comes to New Zealand : a Samoan migrant's story Anthony Haas, Sue Kedgley, Tom Newnham. Whitcombe & Tombs, 1972. Template:ISBN
- Interesting times: a Kiwi chronicle Graphic Publications, 2003 Template:ISBN.[6][7]
- Three Chinese Communues. Graphic Educational Publications, 1967.
- Three Chinese Communues. Rev. ed. Whitcoulls, 1975. Template:ISBN
- Lake village in Cambodia. Longmans, 1965.
- Teak Logging in Thailand. Graphic Educational Publications, 1965.
- A Village in China. Longmans, 1967.
- Asia: the monsoon lands.3rd ed. Whitcombe and Tombs, 1973. Template:ISBN
- India Builds Industry. Graphic Publications, 1966.
- A South Indian Village. Longmans, 1965.
- Revision Map Notebooks. Graphic Educational Publications, 1960–1961.
- The Middle Ages. Graphic Educational Publications, 1968.
- Rewi: The Story of Rewi Alley. Graphic Publications, 1997. Template:ISBN
- Hands and Minds Together : Rewi Alley's gung ho school. Tom Newnham and Deng Bangzhen. Graphic Publications, 1988. Template:ISBN
- Fifty Years of Friendship : a short history of the NZ China Friendship Society. Graphic Publications, 2002. Template:ISBN
- 1840–1990: A Long White Cloud: 19 Maori and Non-Maori Authors. Graphic Publications, 2000. Template:ISBN
- Peace Squadron: The Sharp Edge of Nuclear Protest in New Zealand. Graphic Publications, 1985. Template:ISBN
- French Polynesia, a paradise? : French colonialism and nuclear testing in the South Pacific. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1973.
- Shandan on the Old Silk Road. Graphic Publications, 2001. Template:ISBN
- A Walk around My Fathers. Graphic Publications, 2000. Template:ISBN
- A Cry of Treason. Dunmore Press, 1978. Template:ISBN
- This Family Robinson. Graphic Publication, 1993. Template:ISBN
- 10 Years of C.A.R.E.. by M.P. K. Sorrenson, T. Newnham and J. de Bres. Citizens Association for Racial Equality, 1974.
- 25 Years of C.A.R.E.. Citizens Association for Racial Equality, 1989.
- The Kiwi Who Walked on Water. Graphic Publications Ltd & the Garret Press, 1985.
See also
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External links
- http://nzchinasociety.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kathleen-hall-tom-newnham.pdf
- http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3328/artsbooks/1494/the_long_march.html
- http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10694925&ref=emailfriend
- http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2010/12/in-memory-of-tom-newnham-1926-2010.html
- http://terrybellwrites.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/farewell-to-an-anti-apartheid-battler/
- https://archive.today/20110717134612/http://www.ucpnz.com/readnews.asp?newsid=2812 (Chinese)
- http://www.chinaconsulate.org.nz/eng/gdxw/t781067.htm
- http://www.thepaepae.com/rip-tom-newnham/12753/ (with photo)