Clash between protesters and police during Springbok Tour protest

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Title

Clash between protesters and police during Springbok Tour protest

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This photograph shows a clash between police and protesters on the day of the last rugby test of the Springbok Rugby Tour on 12 September 1981 in Auckland. The Springbok Tour of 1981 was a seminal event in New Zealand's political and social history - exposing deep rifts in society. Many New Zealanders objected to the tour because of South Africa's policy of racial apartheid, and many questioned racism at home. Protests caused obstruction and the cancellation of games, and violence escalated b...

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Image

Date created

12 September 1981

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1626175

Related subjects

Police / Protest movements / violence / silver / photographic gelatin / photographic paper / gelatin silver prints / black-and-white prints / black-and-white photography / New Zealand / Jacques Monroe

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