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Story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements

Patu!

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This is the first part of Merata Mita's (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāi Te Rangi) classic documentary Patu!, which records the campaign of civil disobedience against the Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981.

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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/interactive/35948/patu (accessed 4 June 2026).

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