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The 1981 Springbok rugby tour
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 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States
Police officers guarding a barbed wire perimeter around Eden Park near Kingsland railway station.. The 1981 South African rugby tour (known in New Zealand as the Springbok Tour, and in South Africa as the Rebel Tour) polarised opinions and inspired widespread protests across New Zealand.The controversy also extended to the United States, where the South African rugby team continued their tour ...
Springbok Tour 81
The Springbok rugby tour brought us to the brink of civil war, as many protested the racial segregation of Apartheid South Africa and made links to racism at home. On the 29th of July, 1981, protesters opposing the Springbok Tour were met by baton-wielding police trying to stop them marching up Molesworth St to the home of South Africa's ...
Springbok Tour 1981
Newspaper articles. Unfortunately, contemporary newspaper accounts of the Springbok Tour from 1981 fall into a time period where newspapers are generally not even indexed for searching, let alone available in full text online — see our finding historical Wellington newspaper articles resource.. That being said, information about (and sometimes the full text of) many anniversary accounts (10 ...
1981 Springbok Tour
A country divided — 1981 Springbok Tour. For 56 days in July to September 1981, New Zealanders were divided against each other because of the Springbok rugby tour. Explore our online exhibition of photos and cartoons about the 1981 Springbok tour from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections.
1981 Springbok Tour drove New Zealand to the 'brink of civil war'
The 1981 Springboks' only non-white player Errol Tobias said his side's presence put New Zealand on the verge of "civil war". Photo / AP. Tobias said as the tour progressed it became a "bizarre ...
1981 Springbok Tour
From 22 July - 12 September 1981 the South African Rugby Union team (known as the Springboks) toured New Zealand playing 14 games. Due to the South African governments policy of apartheid, the tour was marred by protests and police violence. The All Blacks and the Springboks had been fierce rivals since their first face-off at Athletic Park ...
The Springbok Tour
The Springbok Tour - 35 Years On. Tuesday 19 July marks the 35th anniversary of the Springboks' arrival in New Zealand for the 1981 rugby tour. Collected below are classic documentaries on the tour and subsequent mass protests (Patu!, Try Revolution), anti-tour protest songs, and a doco on the All Blacks' first post-apartheid tour of South ...
Springbok tour research: how does history interpret?
Check out RNZ's collection of audio about the 1981 Springbok Tour; Dr Sebastian Potgieter is a South African who moved to Dunedin to conduct a PhD on the Springboks tour. Back in 1981, the general public in South Africa wasn't too familiar with what was going on in New Zealand yet the Springbok tour of that year negatively affected the team's ability to play internationally, Dr Potgieter tells ...
The 1981 Springbok tour schedule (map)
The 1981 Springbok tour schedule (map) Step through to find out what happened at different games when the Springboks visited in 1981. This was a tour of New Zealand's provincial heartland - to the homes of grassroots rugby - but the 1981 Springbok tour, which began in Gisborne on 22 July, pitched New Zealanders against each other.
Springbok tour protest at Hamilton, 25 July 1981
In 1981 the Springbok rugby team toured New Zealand which led to public protests. Those against the tour objected to South Africa's apartheid policies, whilst those supportive of the tour thought politics and sport shouldn't mix. The game against Waikato at Hamilton's Rugby Park on 25 July was called off when several hundred anti-tour ...
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NZ Sporting History: The 1981 Springbok Tour. New Zealand continued to play rugby against South Africa through the years of apartheid, and toured over there with a 'white only team'. Then in 1981 the Springbok team were welcomed onto our shores. Audio.
Tweet the Tour: The '81 Springbok tour as it happened
Forty years ago the country was gearing up for one of its biggest political conflicts of the 20th century - the 1981 Springbok Tour. Wellington City Libraries and Wellington Archives have joined forces this year to mark the events of 1981 as they happened. The Twitter account Tweet the Tour is live tweeting things as they happened.
Three things you didn't know about the 1981 Springboks tour
Nicknamed the Day of Shame, July 22 saw the Springboks' opener against Poverty Bay. Three hundred protestors marched to Rugby Park in Gisborne via a nearby golf course and attempted to breach a ...
THE 1981 Springbok Tour
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...
New Zealanders protest against Springbok rugby tour, 1981
In 1980, New Zealand again attempted to bring the Springboks to New Zealand. 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 ...
The 1981 Springbok rugby tour
The winter of 1981 saw the Springboks rugby team tour New Zealand, and Kiwis divided. Recent Maori attempts to reclaim ownership of government requisitioned land at Bastion Point had focused attention…. Audio. Listen duration 15′:50″. Add to playlistPlaylist.
Julian Dennison & Erana James on the 1981 Springbok Tour
Julian Dennison and Erana James join us live at the desk to chat about their new film based on the 1981 Springbok Tour. Uproar hits cinemas on October 5th! ...
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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 ...
Police officers guarding a barbed wire perimeter around Eden Park near Kingsland railway station.. The 1981 South African rugby tour (known in New Zealand as the Springbok Tour, and in South Africa as the Rebel Tour) polarised opinions and inspired widespread protests across New Zealand.The controversy also extended to the United States, where the South African rugby team continued their tour ...
The Springbok rugby tour brought us to the brink of civil war, as many protested the racial segregation of Apartheid South Africa and made links to racism at home. On the 29th of July, 1981, protesters opposing the Springbok Tour were met by baton-wielding police trying to stop them marching up Molesworth St to the home of South Africa's ...
Newspaper articles. Unfortunately, contemporary newspaper accounts of the Springbok Tour from 1981 fall into a time period where newspapers are generally not even indexed for searching, let alone available in full text online — see our finding historical Wellington newspaper articles resource.. That being said, information about (and sometimes the full text of) many anniversary accounts (10 ...
A country divided — 1981 Springbok Tour. For 56 days in July to September 1981, New Zealanders were divided against each other because of the Springbok rugby tour. Explore our online exhibition of photos and cartoons about the 1981 Springbok tour from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections.
The 1981 Springboks' only non-white player Errol Tobias said his side's presence put New Zealand on the verge of "civil war". Photo / AP. Tobias said as the tour progressed it became a "bizarre ...
From 22 July - 12 September 1981 the South African Rugby Union team (known as the Springboks) toured New Zealand playing 14 games. Due to the South African governments policy of apartheid, the tour was marred by protests and police violence. The All Blacks and the Springboks had been fierce rivals since their first face-off at Athletic Park ...
The Springbok Tour - 35 Years On. Tuesday 19 July marks the 35th anniversary of the Springboks' arrival in New Zealand for the 1981 rugby tour. Collected below are classic documentaries on the tour and subsequent mass protests (Patu!, Try Revolution), anti-tour protest songs, and a doco on the All Blacks' first post-apartheid tour of South ...
Check out RNZ's collection of audio about the 1981 Springbok Tour; Dr Sebastian Potgieter is a South African who moved to Dunedin to conduct a PhD on the Springboks tour. Back in 1981, the general public in South Africa wasn't too familiar with what was going on in New Zealand yet the Springbok tour of that year negatively affected the team's ability to play internationally, Dr Potgieter tells ...
The 1981 Springbok tour schedule (map) Step through to find out what happened at different games when the Springboks visited in 1981. This was a tour of New Zealand's provincial heartland - to the homes of grassroots rugby - but the 1981 Springbok tour, which began in Gisborne on 22 July, pitched New Zealanders against each other.
In 1981 the Springbok rugby team toured New Zealand which led to public protests. Those against the tour objected to South Africa's apartheid policies, whilst those supportive of the tour thought politics and sport shouldn't mix. The game against Waikato at Hamilton's Rugby Park on 25 July was called off when several hundred anti-tour ...
NZ Sporting History: The 1981 Springbok Tour. New Zealand continued to play rugby against South Africa through the years of apartheid, and toured over there with a 'white only team'. Then in 1981 the Springbok team were welcomed onto our shores. Audio.
Forty years ago the country was gearing up for one of its biggest political conflicts of the 20th century - the 1981 Springbok Tour. Wellington City Libraries and Wellington Archives have joined forces this year to mark the events of 1981 as they happened. The Twitter account Tweet the Tour is live tweeting things as they happened.
Nicknamed the Day of Shame, July 22 saw the Springboks' opener against Poverty Bay. Three hundred protestors marched to Rugby Park in Gisborne via a nearby golf course and attempted to breach a ...
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...
In 1980, New Zealand again attempted to bring the Springboks to New Zealand. 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 ...
The winter of 1981 saw the Springboks rugby team tour New Zealand, and Kiwis divided. Recent Maori attempts to reclaim ownership of government requisitioned land at Bastion Point had focused attention…. Audio. Listen duration 15′:50″. Add to playlistPlaylist.
Julian Dennison and Erana James join us live at the desk to chat about their new film based on the 1981 Springbok Tour. Uproar hits cinemas on October 5th! ...