Unidentified students, during capping procession in Wellington, wearing white costumes, including a truck with a sign reading 'They Need You, Verwoerd Craven'

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Title

Unidentified students, during capping procession in Wellington, wearing white costumes, including a truck with a sign reading 'They Need You, Verwoerd Craven'

Content partner

Alexander Turnbull Library

Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. - The students are taking part in a capping parade, and are dressed in white sheets with pointed 'hats' resembling Ku Klux Klan costumes. The sign on the front of the truck reads 'They need you Verwoerd Craven' with the silhouettes of two men. These figures represent the South African Prime Minister of the day, Hendrik Verwoerd and the President of the South African Rugby Board at that time, D...

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Format

Image

Date created

6 May 1960

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30648028

Locations

Wellington City

Related subjects

Craven, Daniel Hartman, 1910-1993 / Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch, 1901-1966 / Academic rites and ceremonies / Anti-apartheid movements / Discrimination in sports / South Africa / Parades / New Zealand / Wellington Region / Racism / Rugby Union football / Tournaments / Student movements / Wellington City

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