This is an insightful photographic exhibition by Denise Baynham.
Explore the visual storytelling that showcases 19 photographs of New Zealand Operation Grapple veterans and hear their stories in their own words.

The new exhibition at Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi Exhibition Gallery opens to the public from 18 April.

Operation Grapple was a series of thermonuclear/hydrogen weapons tests conducted in the South Pacific Ocean and ran from May of 1957 until September 1958. A total of 551 New Zealand naval personnel manned the three ships provided by the Royal New Zealand Navy, the HMNZS Lachlan to survey the islands pre-tests, and the HMNZS Pukaki and Rotoiti for the detonations. This exhibition highlights and honours the stories of 19 of these veterans who experienced Operation Grapple firsthand. This is their story.


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