Important Dates
Major protests across New Zealand to oppose the Springboks touring here.
1981
Prime Minister in New Zealand during the 1981 Springbok Tour
Robert Muldoon
The number of people who were shot dead at the Sharpeville Massacre
69
My opinions are shaped by my childhood spent in hardship and my years serving in the army during WWII.
Muldoon
In 1949, what did the NZRFU do for Maori players to make up for not taking them on the tour to South Africa?
The date of the Sharpeville Massacre
March 21, 1960
Legendary Māori All Black who was left behind from the "all white" 1928 South Africa tour.
George Nepia or Jimmy Mills
The approximate number of people who attended the anti-apartheid/anti-passbook protest in Sharpeville.
5000
"One, two, three, four, we don't want your racist tour"
John Minto/protesters
True or false: the all-white team that travelled to South Africa in 1949 honoured their missing Maori team mates by performing the haka as was tradition.
False (they believed they had no right to do it without their Maori team mates present).
The year apartheid was officially codified by the South African government
1948
Founder of anti-apartheid group in Aotearoa HALT
John Minto
Approximately how many New Zealanders participated in the 1981 Springbok tour protests?
150,000
"I think the most important impact of the tour in New Zealand was to stimulate the whole debate about racism and about the place of Māori in our community."
Minto
Apartheid translates to
Apartness
After a 12 year hiatus for WWII, the NZRFU took an all-white team to South Africa this year.
1949
Prime Minister of South Africa at the time of the Sharpeville Massacre
Dr Verwoerd
What does HALT stand for?
Halt All Racist Tours
I think politics should remain separate from sport. The decision for a Springbok Tour is in the hands of the NZRFU.
Muldoon
What were the protesters at Sharpeville protesting about specifically?
The apartheid law that they had to carry "passbooks" (mandatory identity documents) at all times.
The year of the first Springbok tour to NZ in which South African reporters were outraged to be playing against indigenous players.
1921
The world famous anti-apartheid leader who spent 27 years in prison before becoming the South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994.
Nelson Mandela
What does NZRFU stand for?
New Zealand Rugby Federation Union
Remaining neutral in the face of apartheid is a political choice. Human rights are more important than rugby games.
Minto
Over 3.5 million non-white South Africans were forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to segregated urban townships or rural ethnic "homelands" called?
Bantustans