CASE+STUDY+-+THE+SPRINGBOK+TOUR



=** Part A - What happened? Why? **= =** Part B - How have these people and events affected us today? **= **A country divided** For 56 days in July, August and September 1981, New Zealanders were divided against each other in the largest civil disturbance seen since the 1951 waterfront dispute. More than 150,000 people took part in over 200 demonstrations in 28 centres.

[|NZ History website] [|Te Papa website] [|Film Archive website] [|Four bombing protest] [|List of resources e.g. videos etc]
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[] Merata Mita’s //Patu!// is a startling documentary record of the mass civil disobedience that took place throughout New Zealand during the winter of 1981, in protest against a South African rugby tour. Testament to the courage and faith of both the filmmakers and marchers, //Patu!// is a landmark in New Zealand's film history. [] Photos and cartoons from the time

** South Africa and Apartheid **
[|What is] [] (South African government website - history, apartheid and end of apartheid) [] W[|ikipedia page]
 * [|Students talk about] **
 * [|Maori All Blacks and Apartheid] **