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Peter Fraser
Peter Fraser was prime minister of New Zealand during the Second World War and minister in charge of the Maori war effort from April 1943.
During the First World War he was prominent in the anti-conscription movement. In December 1916 he was arrested, charged and convicted of sedition for advocating the repeal of the Military Services Act. He served 12 months' imprisonment for the offence.
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King Koroki and Peter Fraser
King Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero (right) shakes hands with Peter Fraser. Reverend N. K. Kukutai of Te Kuiti is the background, c1949.
Peter Fraser
Future PM Fraser charged with sedition
Peter Fraser’s trial in the Wellington Magistrates’ Court was the sequel to a speech in which he had attacked the government’s policy of military conscription. A number of other union leaders were charged with the same crime. Fraser was convicted and served 12 months in gaol.
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