Tom Newnham

Thomas Oliver Newnham QSO (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

  • Newnham, Tom (2004). Dr Bethune's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall. Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 7-119-03538-X.
  • By batons and barbed wire. Graphic Publications, 1983. ISBN 978-0-473-00112-4
  • Dr. Bethune's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall. Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 2004. ISBN 978-7-119-03538-3
  • Dr. Bethune's Angel: The Life of Kathleen Hall. Graphic Publications, Auckland, 2002. ISBN 0-9597819-9-4
  • He Ming Qing: Kathleen Hall. New World Press, 1992. ISBN 978-0-9597819-3-9
  • New Zealand Women in China. Graphic Publications, 1995. ISBN 0-473-03005-5
  • 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. ISBN 0-7233-0326-6
  • Interesting times: a Kiwi chronicle Graphic Publications, 2003 ISBN 9780473099893.[6][7]
  • Three Chinese Communues. Graphic Educational Publications, 1967.
  • Three Chinese Communues. Rev. ed. Whitcoulls, 1975. ISBN 0-7233-0438-6
  • 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. ISBN 0-7233-0145-X
  • 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. ISBN 978-0-473-04694-1
  • Hands and Minds Together : Rewi Alley's gung ho school. Tom Newnham and Deng Bangzhen. Graphic Publications, 1988. ISBN 0-9597819-1-9
  • Fifty Years of Friendship : a short history of the NZ China Friendship Society. Graphic Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-9597819-8-6
  • 1840–1990: A Long White Cloud: 19 Maori and Non-Maori Authors. Graphic Publications, 2000. ISBN 978-0-9597819-5-3
  • Peace Squadron: The Sharp Edge of Nuclear Protest in New Zealand. Graphic Publications, 1985. ISBN 978-0-9597819-0-8
  • 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. ISBN 978-0-9597819-7-7
  • A Walk around My Fathers. Graphic Publications, 2000. ISBN 978-0-9597819-5-3
  • A Cry of Treason. Dunmore Press, 1978. ISBN 0-908564-21-X
  • This Family Robinson. Graphic Publication, 1993. ISBN 0-473-02058-0
  • 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

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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