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Story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements

Syd Jackson and Dennis Brutus

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Syd Jackson and Dennis Brutus

Syd Jackson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou) greets Dennis Brutus, president of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee, with a hongi at Auckland airport in 1969. Jackson was an important member of activist group Ngā Tamatoa and was active in Māori protests.

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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/photograph/35947/syd-jackson-and-dennis-brutus (accessed 24 June 2026).

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