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Philosopher David Novitz

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Philosopher David Novitz

Academic David Novitz was typical of South African immigrants of the 1970s and 1980s. Like many liberal whites, Novitz did not support South Africa’s apartheid regime and actively opposed sporting contacts between New Zealand and South Africa.

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Carl Walrond, South Africans – Migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/687/philosopher-david-novitz (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.