This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 8th of May 1970. "These two Massey students are part of the groups which today picketed the university calling for a boycott of lectures to protest against the shooting of students at Kent University, Ohio. They are seen distributing leaflets to Motorists driving up to the university"
The 'Kent State Shootings' occurred in the United States on 4th May 1970, where members of the National Guard opened fire on students protesting the escalation of America's military involvement in Vietnam by moving into Cambodia. The students were also protesting the presence of the National Guard on campus and the continued use of the draft to enlist soldiers.
Four students were killed and nine were injured.
The incident sparked nation-wide walkouts at hundreds of universities and high schools across the United States.
