This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 August 1981. Barbed wire was erected around the Showgrounds and barricades blocked parts of Cuba Street in anticipation of anti-Apartheid and anti-Springbok Tour protests during the rugby match played between the Springboks and Manawatū on 1 August 1981.

Police guard Showground gate
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2021N_2017-20_034781_008
- Title
- Police guard Showground gate
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- Manawatū Evening Standard
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- August 1, 1981
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Fairfax Media New Zealand
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