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Norman Kirk in 1971
Norman Kirk promised that if Labour won the 1972 election it would not interfere with the New Zealand Rugby Football Union's decision to invite the Springboks to tour in 1973. When he made a U-turn in April 1973 and announced the government's decision to cancel the tour, it was met with howls of protest in some quarters. He argued that the country could not be put through the predicted social turmoil that would be the result of the tour proceeding.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 35mm-18291-21-Ft
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