More Info →Police Lines in Cuba Street

Description

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 August 1981. Extra police personnel were flown into Palmerston North in anticipation of game-day anti-Springbok Tour and anti-Apartheid protests. The Standard reported there were 1000 police, including a special riot squad, and 5000 protestors. The 1pm March culminated in a 24 minute standoff with the police lines on the corner of David and Cuba Streets.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

August 1, 1981

Digitisation ID

2021N_2017-20_034783_009

Format

B&W negative