All Black- Maori protest poster

A 1959 poster urges New Zealanders to oppose the exclusion of Māori from the All Black team to tour South Africa in 1960.

This image Appears In 3 Articles:

1981 Springbok tour
Māori rugby timeline
Sport, 1940-1960

Keywords

rugby

sport

south africa

all blacks

apartheid

maori sport

1960s

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-C-RACIAL-1959-01
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.

How to cite this page

'All Black- Maori protest poster', URL: /media/photo/racial-discrimination-protest-poster, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 12-Jun-2014

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