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1981 Springbok tour - NZHistory, New Zealand history online

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    A country divided For 56 days in July, August and September 1981, New Zealanders were divided against each other in the largest civil disturbance seen since the 1951 waterfront dispute. More than 150,000 people took part in over 200 demonstrations in 28 centres, and 1500 were charged with offences stemming from these protests.

1981 Springbok tour - NZHistory, New Zealand history online

    https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/1981-springbok-tour/1973-springbok-tour
    1981 Springbok tour From the mid-1960s New Zealand–South African rugby contact was central to South Africa's attempts to maintain international sporting contact. Those opposed to apartheid believed that isolating South African sport would increase the prospect of real change.

1981 Springbok tour - NZHistory, New Zealand history online

    https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/1981-springbok-tour/impact-of-the-tour
    The 1981 tour was part of a long process that led to this significant change in South Africa, and in this respect, it represented New Zealand's contribution towards a major international development in the closing decades of the 20th century. Protestor John Minto (film)

1981 Springbok tour - NZHistory, New Zealand history online

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    1981 Springbok tour A long tradition of rugby rivalry Since rugby went professional in 1995, countries like Australia, England and France have challenged New Zealand and South Africa’s claims to be the two powerhouses of world rugby. Even so, there are few games bigger than the All Blacks versus the Springboks.

1981 Springbok tour - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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    The 1981 Springbok (South African) rugby tour was among the most divisive events in New Zealand’s history. In the 1960s and 70s, many New Zealanders had come to believe that playing sport with South Africa condoned its racist apartheid system. Others disagreed. Learn about the trauma of the tour, when feelings ran high, and pro- and anti-tour ...

Anti-Springbok protesters block ... - New Zealand History

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    Reverend George Armstrong addresses police (Alexander Turnbull Library, EP/1981/2598/28A-F) Anti-tour demonstrators invaded Hamilton’s Rugby Park, forcing the abandonment of the Springboks–Waikato match. Rugby Park was packed for the first Saturday game of the controversial tour. More than 500 police officers were present in the city.

1981 Springbok tour - NZHistory, New Zealand history online

    https://www.nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/1981-springbok-tour/gleneagles-agreement
    Muldoon had made sporting contact with South Africa an election issue in 1975, and with another election due in late 1981, he was prepared to do so again. Public opinion polls indicated that support for the proposed tour was high in provincial New Zealand, home to six crucial marginal electorates.

1981: The year New Zealand roared The Australian Women's ...

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    Jul 29, 2016 · John Minto voicing his protest to the Springbok Rugby Tour in 1981. John Minto joined HART (Halt All Racist Tours) in the mid-1970s in Napier. In 1977 he moved to Auckland and became secretary of the protest group. He was a pivotal force in the …

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