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For about three months, anti-tour protest group leader Pauline McKay couldn’t live in her own home. “We were targets,” she says.

Many of those involved in the protest action reunited in Hamilton to commemorate that day. Several hundred marchers gathered at Garden Place for speeches, and to reminisce, before journeying north through the CBD to the stadium. Once in a Whale The Two Sides mini-documentary was made by Bryce Amner and his brother Lindsay to mark the 40th anniversary of the events at Rugby Park in Hamilton on July 25, 1981. The march towards Hamilton’s premier rugby ground was a few clicks slower than the corresponding march four decades earlier. Yet demonstrators’ passion for social justice hasn’t ...

Former protesters were invited to bring along their signs and banners, if they still had them. Those keen to participate are invited to gather at Garden Place, as those opposed to the tour did before the match, at 1.30pm, before marching to Rugby Park – now known as FMG Stadium Waikato – at 2pm. At 3pm there will be speeches at the Bronze Lounge at the venue. Among those speaking are Ripeka Evans, who addressed the crowd in Garden Place 40 years ago; Halt All Racist Tours (HART) co-founder John Minto; and former HART deputy chairman Michael Law. The event is organised by Poverty Actio...

Springbok anniversary tour to spotlight Maori apartheid challenge 13 Jul 2021 12:57 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x31784a8) Springbok Tour protest leader John Minto says Māori will be an important part of his 40th anniversary tour around the country. The former Halt All Racist Tours national organiser is holding meetings in each centre the Springboks played on the anniversary of the game. It’s a chance to celebrate the thousands of New Zealanders who put their bodies on the line to protest racism and apartheid in South Africa. Among the guest speakers will be protest leaders from 198...

Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 3:34 pm This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour to New Zealand and the protests which reverberated around the world from it. Former National Organiser for HART (Halt all Racist Tours) John Minto is traveling around the country holding meetings in all the centres which hosted the Springboks in 1981 on the actual dates of the games. “We will be celebrating the protests against apartheid in South Africa and stepping up the campaign against apartheid in Israel” says John Minto. The tour had a big impact in South Africa and a lasting impact...