Archibald Baxter Peace Garden

Archibald Baxter Peace Garden

The trust will honour Archibald Baxter, and other war objectors, by creating a peace garden in Dunedin.

Otago

"I believe that passive resistance to evil is the power that will yet conquer the world"

Archibald Baxter is perhaps New Zealand's best-known conscientious objector, husband of Millicent Baxter (née Macmillan Brown) and father of poet James K. Baxter.

Archibald steadfastly endured the suffering caused by his decision to reject military service during the First World War.

Transported to France and exposed to the horrors of frontline warfare, Archie and his fellow objectors have left New Zealand a legacy of principled resistance to war that is today more relevant than ever in our conflict-ridden world.

The trust will honour Archibald Baxter and other conscientious objectors from New Zealand

with the creation of a peace garden, peace lectures, and an essay or film competition for secondary school students.

Aims

We work hard to promote peace education and peace studies at all levels in our communities.

The trust has three specific aims and every dollar raised will go directly to these efforts:

To establish a physical memorial in Dunedin New Zealand to remember those who stood, and continue to stand for peaceful alternatives to conflict and war.

The memorial will take the form of a peace garden where visitors can pause to reflect on the experience of Baxter and his companions and their reasons for rejecting war.

To organise an occasional peace lecture to be given in Archies' name.

To promote an essay and short film competition in Otago schools on the topic of peace.

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Archibald Baxter is perhaps New Zealand’s best-known conscientious objector, husband of Millicent Baxter (née Macmillan Brown) and father of poet James K. Baxter.

Archibald steadfastly endured the suffering caused by his decision to reject military service during the First World War.

Transported to France and exposed to the horrors of frontline warfare, Archie and his fellow objectors have left New Zealand a legacy of principled resistance to war that is today more relevant than ever in our conflict-ridden world.

The trust plans to honour Archibald Baxter and other conscientious objectors from New Zealand with the creation of a memorial peace garden, an annual peace lecture and an essay or film competition for secondary school students.

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Latest update

Former Attorney General Finlayson Joins Baxter Trust  1 May 2019

In March 2019 the Dunedin-based Archibald Baxter Memorial Trust welcomed as a trustee former Attorney General, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and Minister for Culture and Heritage Chris Finlayson.

Trust chair Kevin Clements acknowledged Mr Finlayson’s longstanding interest in acknowledging Baxter’s stand against war and welcomed his active support, especially as the Trust was now seeking to raise substantial funds to build the peace garden.

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Ann on 19 Jul 2024
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Eleanor
Eleanor on 01 May 2023
I am just reading We will not Cease. I came online hoping that there is some kind of memorial to Mr Baxter and am so pleased to have found out you exist. Eleanor, UK
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