November the 18th is the anniversary of New Zealand's only suicide bombing. On this day in 1982, a young punk rocker and anarchist, Neil Roberts, blew himself up in front of the Government computer centre in Whanganui.
Hamish McDouall was a young man in Whanganui, too, at the time. Hamish remembers the events of November 18th 1982.
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Historic audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
