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Kōrero: Māori–Pākehā relations

Protest poster, South African rugby tour, 1960

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Protest poster, South African rugby tour, 1960

The failure to select Māori players for the 1960 All Black rugby tour of South Africa prompted the first large-scale protests against apartheid sport. This poster was produced by the New Zealand Citizens' All Black Tour Association (CABTA), headed by Rolland O'Regan.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-C-RACIAL-1959-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Māori–Pākehā relations – Sport and race, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/28574/protest-poster-south-african-rugby-tour-1960 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.