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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_012
Format
B&W negative

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