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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Stephen Berg recalls the tensions in Palmerston North between rugby supporters and anti- Springbok tour protesters, July and August 1981.

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Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2022Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_039651
Title
Back Issues: When barbed wire and batons lined Cuba St
Relation
Manawatū Standard
Format
Born Digital
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IMCA Digital Archive
Content type
Born digital

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Place
Palmerston North
Date
August 13, 2022

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Credit Line
Fairfax

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Tags
1981 springbok tour,
cuba street,
manawatu standard,
protests,
rugby,
south africa,
sport,
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