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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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
August 1, 1981
Digitisation ID
2021N_2017-20_034781_008
Format
B&W negative

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Queue for the game outside Showgrounds fenceline.
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Barbed wire at the Showgrounds
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Taxonomy

Tags
1981 springbok tour,
anti-apartheid,
barbed wire,
barricades,
police,
protest,
security,
showgrounds,
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Related items

Queue for the game outside Showgrounds fenceline.
Barbed wire at the Showgrounds
Police guard Showground gate
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Container Rubbish bin barricades
Container Rubbish bin barricades
Barbed wire at the Showgrounds
Barbed wire at the Showgrounds
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Police Lines in Cuba Street