New Zealand Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa

The International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF) was founded in 1956 by Canon John Collins to provide legal defense for 156 people in South Africa charged with high treason. The International Headquarters of the Fund was established in London. The New Zealand Branch of the Fund was established in 1967 by the Reverend Godfrey Wilson and like the international Fund its aim is to help people of all races who have become victims of the race laws of Southern Africa. It concentrated mainly on the task of raising money, producing a newsletter and distributing Defence and Aid publications. The fund disbanded in 1991.