Using the feature the 1981 Springbok tour and your own knowledge, answer the following questions:
- When did New Zealand and South Africa first play rugby against each other?
- What issue became the focus of protest here in 1960 regarding touring South Africa?
- What action did the United Nations take against South Africa in 1968?
- What status did the South African government give to Maori members of the visiting 1970 All Black team?
- Why did some people see the 1970 tour to South Africa as the last straw?
- What was HART?
- Who or what was a KEEPOOS?
- Why did Norman Kirk cancel the proposed Springbok tour to New Zealand in 1973?
- How did New Zealand's tour of South Africa in 1976 gain international attention?
- What was the aim of the Gleneagles Agreement?
- In your opinion, did the Muldoon government act in accordance with the Gleneagles Agreement in 1981?
- Why did the Muldoon government not stop the Springbok tour in 1981?
- Why did support for the tour appear to be strongest in provincial centres?
- What specific actions did the police take to ensure the tour could proceed?
- What are the estimates of how much Operation Rugby cost the taxpayers of New Zealand?