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Sir Peter Tait and Keith Hay presenting petition against homosexual law reform
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Digitised?YesLocation IDP-A114.58-90TitleSir Peter Tait and Keith Hay presenting petition against homosexual law reformDescriptionPhoto of (left to right) Sir Peter Tait and Keith Hay carrying boxes, walking up steps, holding a boxes containing the signatures of those supporting a petition against homosexual law reform, signed by over 16,000 people. More people carrying boxes are walking in a line behind them. In the distance, thousands of people gather to watch, protest, etc.
Reverse: [black pen] "Presbyterians in Aotearoa p. 163. NZ Herald photo -= permissions to use req'd" Figure on left, not identified in caption, is Sr. Peter Tait." / [pencil] "163" / [typed on sticky label] "Keith Hay, a prominent Presbyterian businessman (on right), was among those who presented the monster petition against homosexual law reform in 1985" [pencil] "Image area reduce to" {blue pen] "50%" [ pencil] "93 x 120"
Publication: "Presbyterians in Aotearoa 1840-1990", published 1990. Image on page 163.
Related Series: P-A114.1-1 to P-A114_59-91TypeBlack & white photographic printDimensions249mm x 196mmDate Created1985CreatorNew Zealand HeraldSubjectHomosexual Referendum PetitionPortraits - GroupSourceNineteen-Ninety CommitteeAccession No497/131CollectionPCANZAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.
Digitised?YesLocation IDP-A114.58-90TitleSir Peter Tait and Keith Hay presenting petition against homosexual law reformDescriptionPhoto of (left to right) Sir Peter Tait and Keith Hay carrying boxes, walking up steps, holding a boxes containing the signatures of those supporting a petition against homosexual law reform, signed by over 16,000 people. More people carrying boxes are walking in a line behind them. In the distance, thousands of people gather to watch, protest, etc.Reverse: [black pen] "Presbyterians in Aotearoa p. 163. NZ Herald photo -= permissions to use req'd" Figure on left, not identified in caption, is Sr. Peter Tait." / [pencil] "163" / [typed on sticky label] "Keith Hay, a prominent Presbyterian businessman (on right), was among those who presented the monster petition against homosexual law reform in 1985" [pencil] "Image area reduce to" {blue pen] "50%" [ pencil] "93 x 120"
Publication: "Presbyterians in Aotearoa 1840-1990", published 1990. Image on page 163.
Related Series: P-A114.1-1 to P-A114_59-91
TypeBlack & white photographic printDimensions249mm x 196mmDate Created1985CreatorNew Zealand HeraldSubjectHomosexual Referendum PetitionPortraits - GroupSourceNineteen-Ninety CommitteeAccession No497/131CollectionPCANZAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.Click on the image to add
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New Zealand Herald, Sir Peter Tait and Keith Hay presenting petition against homosexual law reform. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 27/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/125663
