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Story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements

'No Maoris, no tour'

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This 1959 poster sums up the protest position against a racially selected All Blacks rugby team touring South Africa in 1960. Listen to this sound recording from 2 June 1960 of Rolland O'Regan addressing the last Citizens' All Black Tour Association meeting before the All Blacks left for South Africa.

Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (Reference number 27674)

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-RACIAL-1959-01

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Basil Keane, Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements – Rugby and South Africa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/35945/no-maoris-no-tour (accessed 12 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 12 June 2012, updated 11 January 2023.