Springboks Flashcards
(20 cards)
Who set up the apartheid in SA and when?
Daniel Malan in 1948
Sporting contact with SA becomes…
contreversial
Who invited SA to tour NZ and when?
NZRFU chairman Ces Blazey in 1980
What did Muldoon think and do about the tour?
He discouraged it but didn’t ban it
how long did the tour last?
56 days
First game was in … on the …
Gisborne. 22 July 1981
When was the game in Hamilton and what happened?
25 July 1981 - game cancelled after pitch invasion by protestors
On the 29 July 1981 what happened?
Molesworth St protest met with police batons
When and what happened at the 1st test in Christchurch?
15 August 1981 - Major coordinated protest around Lancaster Park
When and what happened at the 2nd Test in Wellington?
29 August 1981 - 7000 protestors tried to stop spectators entering the grounds and blocked motorways
When and what happened at the 3rd Test in Auckland?
12 September 1981 - A plane, driven by Max Jones, dropped flour bombs, flares were thrown onto the pitch, thousands of protestors battled police in the streets surrounding Eden Park
What were the effects on Max Jones (Flour bomber)
- Tour affected him by wanting to take action against apartheid
- Arrested and jailed for 9 months
- giving him a criminal record
What were the effects on John Minto? (Leader of HART)
- Injured by police using long batons
- He and his family were intimidated and attacked by tour supporters
What were the effects on Robert Muldoon? (National PM during the tour)
- Letting the tour go ahead lost him support
- In 1981 election National lost 4 seats, meaning they only had a majority of 1 seat
- he lost reputation
What should i put in the 1.6?
Brief background
Effects on people
Significance to NZers (short and long)
Name two different groups of people with different views on the tour?
Pro-tour and Anti-tour
Police and Anti-tour
Significance to NZers - importance to people at the time?
Divided society over supporting or not
Brought people to protest that hadn’t before
Challenged people’s perceptions of race relations in NZ
Brought NZ attention and Shame
Significance to NZers - Depth of impact?
Rugby was a major part of NZ’s identity but became a national shame
After 1981 there were no more racially selected teams
Soccer became more popular
Many more people stopped supporting sporting contact
Significant changes to NZ’S development as a nation?
Marked the end of Muldoon and National Party - won the 1981 election but only by one seat majority
Lost the 1984 election to Labour who didn’t support sporting contact
Labour made changes to Nz’s policies - 1986 Homosexual Law reform Act, made NZ nuclear free
Lasting effects?
People lost trust in the police
1981 tour is still commemorated
NZ addressed their own racial problems
Nz’s aid to SA ending the apartheid
