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1981 Springbok tour.

This selection of images is used in the online exhibition A country divided — 1981 Springbok tour on the National Library website.

Image: Brockie, Bob, 1932- :Apartheid. Stop the tour. 4 August 1981.

Brockie, Bob, 1932- :Apartheid. Stop the tour. 4 August 1981.

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Image: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :[Muldoon's policy on apartheid]. National Business Review, 16 March 1981.

Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :[Muldoon's policy on apartheid]. National Business Review, 16 March 1981.

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Image: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Aren't you pinning this on the wrong bloke. 22 July 1981.

Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Aren't you pinning this on the wrong bloke. 22 July 1981.

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Image: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Moment of truth. Auckland Star 1 July 1981.

Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Moment of truth. Auckland Star 1 July 1981.

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Image: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king... 15thC proverb... Just guide me onto the the 1981 re-election road... N.Z.R.F.U. The Tour. The Government. Freedom. New Zealand's international reputation. 11 July 1981.

Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king... 15thC proverb... Just guide me onto the the 1981 re-election road....

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Image: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :New Zealand [and] the tour. 12 September 1981.

Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :New Zealand [and] the tour. 12 September 1981.

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Image: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :Now look what you've done! I told you not to mention the tour. 9 September 1981.

Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :Now look what you've done! I told you not to mention the tour. 9 September 1981.

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Image: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :'Keep the protestors out?' 'No - the Boks!' 12 August 1981.

Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :'Keep the protestors out?' 'No - the Boks!' 12 August 1981.

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Image: Lynch, James, 1947-:Acronomious Unanimous! (A.U.). 10 August 1981

Lynch, James, 1947-:Acronomious Unanimous! (A.U.). 10 August 1981

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Image: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923-:Government's stand on the tour. The Dominion, 18 May 1981.

Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923-:Government's stand on the tour. The Dominion, 18 May 1981.

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Image: Heath, Eric, 1923- :The Tour. Political advantage. 3 August 1981.

Heath, Eric, 1923- :The Tour. Political advantage. 3 August 1981.

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Image: Lynch, James, 1947-: NZRFU. 18 August 1980

Lynch, James, 1947-: NZRFU. 18 August 1980

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Image: Lynch, James, 1947-:"It may have been a bad experience folks but I'm sure you'll agree that there were some important principles at stake here!" 21 September 1981

Lynch, James, 1947-:"It may have been a bad experience folks but I'm sure you'll agree that there were some important principles at stake here!" 21...

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Image: Lynch, James, 1947-:So the continuing saga of "The Tour" goes on... and on... 27 July 1981

Lynch, James, 1947-:So the continuing saga of "The Tour" goes on... and on... 27 July 1981

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Image: Lynch, James, 1947-:"Fancy seeing you here!" 23 March 1981

Lynch, James, 1947-:"Fancy seeing you here!" 23 March 1981

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Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017 :Okay, step forward any lyin' commy who says that the fact that I support the South African apartheid system and am al...

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Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017: I am not arresting them, Prime Minister, because not being inside Athletic Park for a Springbok test match does not, ...

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