Peace Flame Garden - Wellington, New Zealand
S 41° 16.845 E 174° 46.193
60G E 313235 N 5427677
The Peace Flame Garden is located at the Botanic Garden in Wellington, New Zealand.
Waymark Code: WM1376V
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 10/01/2020
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A plaque in the garden reads:
Peace Flame Garden
This Peace Flame is the preserved fire from the atomic holocausts of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 and Nagasaki, 9 August 1945.
The Flame calls attention to the indiscriminate and uncontainable nature of nuclear weapons which kill beyond borders and generations. It implores us to honour the Principles espoused in the United Nations Charter of settling all disputes by peaceful means.
Flames from the fires of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were united at Toshogu Shrine, Ueno, Tokyo and presented to New Zealand in recognition of this country's unilateral steps to halt the spread of atomic weapons through its Anti-Nuclear Act. The Flame was presented to Mayor Sir James Belich on 5 October 1990 by a delegation of the Keepers of the Flame, led by Yuko Yamaguichu, and President of the Peace Council of Aotearoa - New Zealand and honorary member of the Shrine Committee, Gerald O'Brien.
Following redevelopment of this site, the Flame was lit in the Japanese lantern on the 25 June 1994 by Mayor Fran Wilde, Mitsuhiro Kaneko and the Reverend Hironari Saga.
The Chief Priest prayed that this Flame of Peace should burn until the day all nuclear weapons are eliminated from the face of the earth.
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