As the Vietnam War went on overseas, two university students firebombed the US Consulate in Christchurch. It was an unremarkable two-storey office building, home to an accounting firm that doubled as the city’s American outpost. The group never had a stated manifesto, but the PYM tended to oppose the Vietnam War, American imperialism, and apartheid in South Africa. A plastic petrol container was found in the stolen car, Matheson had a pocket knife, and both stunk of petrol. Riethmuller went back to university in the 1990s, got a Bachelor or Arts in Literature and became an educator.

Source: Stuff January 22, 2021 16:00 UTC