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Te haerenga a ngā Piringa Pāka ki Aotearoa i te tau 1981 - The 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand

The 1981 Springbok tour became one of the most divisive events in New Zealand history.

Anti-Springbok tour demonstration, Willis Street, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: 35mm-01602-25-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23181718 .

The rivalry between the Springboks and the All Blacks is one of the longest and most enduring between two sporting nations. In the past, generations of rugby players and enthusiasts from both countries viewed a series victory over the other nation as being the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. Alongside the history of fierce competition went a tradition of hospitality towards the visiting side.

In 1956 and 1965 when the South African rugby team toured New Zealand, they were showered with warmth and generosity wherever they went. Yet 25 years later, the 1981 Springbok tour became one of the most divisive events in New Zealand history.

Its impact went far beyond the rugby ground as communities and families divided and tensions spilled out onto the streets and into the living rooms of the nation. What were the events that made this tour so significant? What motivated ordinary Kiwis to take such extraordinary action against one another?

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. However, information about (and sometimes the full text of) many anniversary accounts (10 years, 20 years later etc.), can be found - we've provided a table of key dates below.

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A complete record of the the historic 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand. From the first protester at Gisborne to Allan Hewsons last try at Eden Park, the pitch battles in the streets to the drama action at the three test venues. Illustrated throughout with monochrome and colour photos Beautiful rugby or sports history collectors book, see our many other rugby books listed. Hard to find in this condition

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Hold the Line: The Springbok tour of '81, a family, a love affair, a nation at war

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It's 1981 and New Zealand is about to host the Springboks from apartheid South Africa for a national rugby tour. The well-supported protest movement pitches against a nation of die-hard rugby supporters. Despite growing public protest, the Government and Rugby Union are adamant the tour will proceed. Beth returns from London. Her World War 2 veteran father is a rugby fanatic, her brother becomes a protestor embroiled in street violence. She studies law and meets Viktor who, unknown to her, is a member of the notorious Police Red Squad. What will happen to their polarised relationship in a country where the very survival of civil order is at risk? In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are probed and laid bare.

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Author: Kerry Harrison

ISBN: 9780473559465

Publisher: Cloud Ink Press Ltd

Published: 10/05/2021

Format: Paperback / softback

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Auckland based, although she grew up in Wellington, Kerry is a graduate of the Masters of Creative Writing programme at AUT and has taught English and drama for many years. She's had poetry and a number of short stories published in literary magazines, several in Landfall. Kerry has been a semi-finalist in the Sunday Star Short Story Competition. Her novel, Wahine was published in 2011. Married, with three children and several grandchildren, her interests are gardening, writing, swimming, politics and the environment. She was involved in the 1981 Springbok Tour and, like most New Zealanders at the time, had friends on both sides. In researching for the novel, she realised the lasting impact the Tour had on New Zealand society and the awareness of racism.

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The Springbok Tour held in New Zealand over 3 months in 1981 remains one of the most divisive periods in New Zealand’s recent history. Through his (fictional) diary entries, we learn about 13-year-old Martin Daly’s experiences during the tour and his thoughts and feelings about the escalating conflict. His sister, Sarah, is out to stop the tour in protest against South Africa’s racist apartheid system. His rugbymad dad is equally determined that the tour should go ahead. Martin wishes the whole thing would simply go away But a growing understanding of the issues helps him to stop sitting on the fence and choose a side.

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Pitched Battle: in the frontline of the 1971 Springbok tour of Australia Paperback – December 8, 2016

A vivid story of the men and women who took a stand when sport mixed with politics.

In 1971, when the racially selected all-white Springbok rugby team toured Australia, it became a nation at war with itself. There was bloodshed as tens of thousands of anti-apartheid campaigners clashed with governments, police, and rugby fans ― who were given free reign to assault protestors. Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared a state of emergency. Prime minister William McMahon called the Wallabies who refused to play ‘national disgraces’. Barbed wire ringed the great rugby grounds to stop protestors invading the field.

• Print length 336 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Scribe UK
• Publication date December 8, 2016
• Dimensions 9.25 x 1.06 x 6.34 inches
• ISBN-10 1925228746
• ISBN-13 978-1925228748
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribe UK; 1st edition (December 8, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1925228746
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1925228748
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 1.06 x 6.34 inches

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The 1951/52 Springbok Rugby Tour of British Isles and France - Commemorative Booklet 1991

Clayton, Keith

Published by Clayton Publishing, South Africa, 1991

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rare 46 page commemorative booklet celebrating the highly successful 1951/52 Springbok Rugby Tour of UK and France.

Springbok Album - 1956 South African Rugby Tour of NZ & Australia

Outspan Magazine Supplement

Published by Outspan, South Africa, 1956

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rare publication from South African paper Outspan. 16 page supplement covering the 1956 tour of Australia and NZ. pre Tour with game schedule and pen portarits of all the SA tourists - SIGNED by Johan Claassen, newspaper quality. Dated 4th May 1956. Johan Claassen.

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Springbok tour research: how does history interpret?

This weekend marks 40 years since the notorious flour-bomb incident at Eden Park during the 1981 Springbok tour.

Violence erupted outside the stadium grounds as protesters and police faced off, while others threw flour bombs and flares on the field to stop the game.

Although apartheid was a major factor behind the unrest, protesters were also actually critiquing wider New Zealand society, says sports historian Sebastian Potgieter .

• 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 Kathryn Ryan.

"The South African government had a very strict information policy in place, which means that a lot of information, particularly that which was critical of the apartheid government, didn't actually make it through to the general public. 

"In the wake of that tour, South African rugby came to be seen as somewhat of a symbolic liability and a lot of countries didn't want to play against South Africa.

"They felt that if the '81 tour is anything to go by, there was a likelihood of very extreme protests taking place in those countries which did host South Africa."

Dr Potgieter found it interesting to hear how vividly New Zealanders remembered the tour as it's not often spoken about in South Africa.

"We sort of know about incidents like the 'flour-bomb' test, but in general, South Africans don't know too much about this tour. 

"It's still a matter which polarises opinions, so people have a lot to say about the tour, and have a lot to say about where they were, what they were doing during that tour."

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It wasn't just apartheid that people were upset about in 1981 - protesters were also taking a stand against the deportation of Pacific Islanders and overstayers and the annexed Māori lands, Dr Potgieter says.

"We very selectively remember the past. It's impossible to remember the past in its entirety ... so certain parts of the past become elevated and contemporarily what we see in New Zealand. 

"If you go back and look at some of the recollections of protesters who are writing shortly after the tour, we see that they say yes, apartheid was a problem, it was certainly what mobilised protests. 

"But in the process of protesting a lot of people ... linked the protests to a lot of the racial discrimination that was happening in New Zealand at that time.

"It's more complex than simply saying this was an anti-apartheid protest and the anti-apartheid side of things is what's elevated at the moment, but it certainly doesn't define what those protests were about."

The demonstrations were also used as a platform to discuss the problematic aspects of rugby culture such as violence, gender stereotyping and alcoholism, he says.

People also need to remember that many New Zealanders supported the tour, Dr Potgieter says.

"Every single stadium during that entire tour was sold out and that there were large numbers of New Zealand television audience who tuned in to watch every game.

"We also see that a lot of New Zealand's far right and extremist groups actually have their biggest sort of phase of public acceptance or public profile when the question of South African tours cropped up in New Zealand.

"When those tours became put into jeopardy, these extremist groups or far right groups - whatever one wants to call them - received tremendous support in New Zealand."

Dr Sebastian Potgieter is a teaching fellow at the University Of Otago's school of physical education, sports and exercise sciences.

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