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Anti-apartheid demonstrator, 1970

Police apprehending an anti-apartheid demonstrator during a rugby game at Athletic Park, Wellington on 23 May 1970.

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  • All Black- Maori protest poster
    1981 Springbok tour

Keywords

protest
springboks
apartheid
moustaches
athletic park
1970s
Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Evening Post Collection, EP/1970/2248A/16-F
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image

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