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David
Irving comments:

I have as yet made no firm engagements to speak in New
Zealand. If and when I travel Down Under, I shall certainly be researching in the New Zealand national archives for my biography,
“Churchill’s War”, vol.

iii: “The
Sundered Dream”, due for publication next year. I have received many invitations from private and academic bodies to speak, and there is huge interest from ordinary Kiwis in hearing me speak there again. I would have thought that the New Zealand government would quietly advise the country’s Jewish
Council that in present circumstances it would do well to keep its profile low. At least I wouldn’t be travelling on a quadraplegic’s stolen passport wearing a balaclava and

sunglasses. Ban sought for controversial writer

THE Jewish community has asked the Government to keep controversial author
David Irving out of the country.

The New Zealand Jewish Council said Irving, who had indicated he planned to visit in September, was
“well-known for his anti-Jewish writings and activities, and was found by the High Court in
London in 2002 to be racist, [and] an active Holocaust denier”.

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Editor:
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Source Information
Original Publication: 2004-07-20
Digital Archive: Focal Point Publications
Accessed: June 3, 2026