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1981 Springbok tour

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1981 Springbok tour Page 1 – Introduction. 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 ...

1981 Springbok tour

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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 Hamilton match

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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.

Springbok Tour 1981

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The 1981 Springbok rugby tour 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. The cause of this was the vis...

Inside the 1981 Springbok tour

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Jul 08, 2011 · Thirty years after the 1981 Springbok rugby tour, Police have given the Listener access to previously classified documents. Looking back, the violence of a secret police training session was an indication of what was to come. It was June 1981.

THE 1981 Springbok Tour

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Jun 19, 2018 · Tension around the country grew as the Springbok Tour made its way around New Zealand. Here's a look back at one of the most controversial sporting tours eve...

Springbok Tour 1981

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Yet 25 years later, the 1981 Springbok tour became one of the most divisive events in New Zealand history. Its impact went far beyond the rugby ground as communities and families divided and tensions spilled out onto the streets and into the living rooms of the nation. What were the events that made this tour so significant?

New Zealanders protest against Springbok rugby tour, 1981

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The Springboks arrived on July 19, 1981. Though they were officially welcomed by the New Zealand government, there was a sense of dread and anticipation that surrounded their arrival – perhaps, some thought, the 1981 tour should have been cancelled like the tour in 1972 was.

1981: The year New Zealand roared

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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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