Dennis Rockell

Dennis Rockell is a New Zealand activist. Researcher and Writer at Massey University, lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Education

Dennis Rockell was close to the Workers Communist League

The COST executive committee was elected after the initial May 1st 1981 mobilisation. It consisted of;

Lindsay Wright (chairman) Previously a research officer for NZUSA, on the central committee of the National Anti Apartheid Council and an official of the Committee on Vietnam. A former contributor to The Paper.
Geoff Walker Later a chairman of Wellington HART.
Campbell Duignan A HART activist, later VUWSA National Affairs officer and a confirmed member of the Victoria University Progressive Students Alliance, the student wing of the WCL. Later closely linked to the WCL in Dunedin.
Eileen Cassidy Named by the SIS as a probable WCL member. Her daughter Lindy Cassidy, was an open member of the WCL's predecessor, the Wellington Marxist-Leninist Organisation.
Dennis Rockell A former organiser of the National Anti Apartheid Council.
Dave Cuthbert A founding chairman of the NAAC, former president of NZUSA and a HART national councillor. Named by the SIS as a probable WCL member.
Ian Baxter No information.
David Stott Confirmed as a WCL member in 1984, ex NAAC central committee.
Davd Wickham Denies WCL membership, but a former partner was a WCL member. Former AUSA International Affairs officer, HART activist and contributor to The Paper.

later co-opted was Alick Shaw Open WCL member.

The Citizens Opposed to the Springbok Tour marshall's committee consisted of:

Alick Shaw
Patti O'Neill Partner of self described Maoist and HART leader, Trevor Richards.
Roger Tobin A vice president of NZUSA, described as closely identified with the WCL, in "Truth" 25.11.80. Also described as a WCL member or sympathiser in "Critic" No 7, 1983.
Tom Poata A Maoist and former member of the the Communist Party of New Zealand.
Ted Nia Formerly involved with the Maori radical group, Nga Tamatoa.
Dennis Rockell
Dave Macpherson WCL member, former NZUSA researcher.
Simon Wilson Named by PM Muldoon and Minister of Education Merv Wellington as a Wellington Marxist-Leninist Organisation or WCL member. A former president of NZUSA.