What happened at the Springbok tour 1981?

What happened at the Springbok tour 1981?

This weekend marks 40 years since the notorious flour-bomb incident at Eden Park during the 1981 Springbok tour. Violence erupted outside the stadium grounds as protesters and police faced off, while others threw flour bombs and flares on the field to stop the game.

What did Robert Muldoon think about the Springbok tour?

National’s new leader Robert Muldoon declared that the cancellation of the tour was ‘one issue on which people will change their vote’. He maintained that a National government would welcome a Springbok team to New Zealand, ‘even if there were threats of violence and civil strife’.

How did the Springbok tour affect NZ?

READ ABOUT THE TOUR HERE There were many long and short term consequences of the 1981 Springbok Tour Protests, both in New Zealand and throughout the world. The greatest and most recognised consequence of the 1981 Springbok Tour Protests in my opinion was New Zealand’s aid in ending apartheid in South Africa.

How did the Springbok Tour affect Māori?

New Zealanders were forced to address Maori grievances and re-address the issues that arose in the colonisation of their country. During and after the Springbok Tour, thousands of Maoris saw Pakeha protestors’ commitment to racial equality as untrue for they ignored the racism present in their own country.

How did the Springbok Tour shape New Zealand?

Impact in South Africa The anti-apartheid movement in South Africa was buoyed by events in New Zealand. In the short term, the pro-tour lobby came out on top: the tour went ahead, apartheid remained intact and provincial New Zealand secured the National Party a narrow victory in the November general election.

What did John Minto think of the Springbok Tour?

‘I think the most important impact of the tour in New Zealand was to stimulate the whole debate about racism and about the place of Māori in our community. ‘In South Africa the tour helped to bring, I think, a quicker end to the apartheid regime, along with all the other pressures from all around the world.