I te wāhanga tōmuri o te rau tau 1900, nā te hūnuku o te iwi Māori ki ngā tāone noho ai, ka kaha te aronga ki te noho o te hapori o Aotearoa. Ka noho ngā tākaro me te whenua kaikiri o Āwherika ki te Tonga te kaupapa tauwehe i te iwi o Aotearoa. I te tau 1981, ka whakaaetia e te kāwanatanga o Muldoon te kapa Springboks o Āwherika ki te Tonga kia haere mai ki te tākaro whutupaoro, hāunga ngā mautohe. Ka pakaru te riri ki te motu whānui. I te 25 o Hūrae i te tau 1981, ka whakakorea te kēmu a ngā Springboks, nā te whakaekenga o te hunga mautohe ki te papa tākaro o Rugby Park i Kirikiriroa.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1981/2657/9
by Don Scott
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