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Which 1985 event brought New Zealand's relationship with the United States to a breaking point when the government refused a visit by the USS Buchanan, a conventionally-powered but potentially nuclear-capable destroyer?
Answer: The ANZUS nuclear ship ban — Prime Minister David Lange's Labour government banned nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed ships from New Zealand waters, leading the US to suspend its ANZUS treaty obligations to New Zealand.
- A The Rainbow Warrior bombing
- B The Springbok Tour
- C The ANZUS nuclear ship ban ✓
- D The Sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov
Prime Minister David Lange's Labour government banned nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed ships from New Zealand waters, leading the US to suspend its ANZUS treaty obligations to New Zealand.