From the slums of Scarfie land, all the way to the rich list of Auckland, New Zealand has bred activists.
Sir Tim Shadbolt, the current mayor of Invercargill, was one of the first to make an appearance on the scene.
The now iconic image of a screaming, naked young girl running through her burnt down village after a napalm drop spurred him to action.
"We were horrified and outraged by the slaughter of so many civilians and...we wanted to try and stop it."
As a young woman, Dr Kate Dewes considered protesters like Shadbolt to be 'a pack of thugs'.
That all changed when the Government quietly invited nuclear warships into New Zealand waters.
"It just seemed a bit mad,so I knew I had to do something about it ."
John Minto, now much older than the young man with a helmet and a megaphone marching the streets of Auckland, recalled feeling exhilaration.
"We believed if we could put pressure on white South Africa and boycott through their prized rugby...we could have a big impact."
They all kicked down the doors of the status-quo but faced significant adversity.
Shadbolt was arrested 33 times, Dewes was left making tea for the men who campaigned, and Minto was nearly killed on the field.
But as they sat back in their chairs and recalled their triumphant past, a moment of peace came over them.
They wouldn't have it any other way.
