The Springboks Tour 1981

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The 1981 Springbok rugby tour - 1981 Springbok tour ...

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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 visit of the South African rugby team – 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.

1981 Springbok Tour - About the Tour

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The year of 1981 saw what some have described as New Zealand's closest encounter with civil war when the South African National Rugby Team, The Springboks, toured New Zealand to which the country erupted into a sea of protest. The Anti Springbok tour protest came at a time when the threads of protest were well woven into New Zealand society.

Inside the 1981 Springbok tour - Noted

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On July 19, 1981, the Springboks flew in, landing at Auckland International Airport on a drizzly Sunday afternoon. A total of 378 police were on hand to manage 2000 protesters, some of whom ran onto the tarmac after tearing down a substantial wire fence. It was …

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.

Stop The Tour: The story of the documentary BT Sport

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Although South Africa had been made a sporting pariah in the 1970s, New Zealand Rugby proposed a highly contentious Springbok tour in 1981. Prime minister Robert Muldoon’s refusal to stop the tour led to unprecedented civil disorder, leaving the nation teetering on the brink of civil war.

Anti-Springbok protesters block Hamilton match NZHistory ...

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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.

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