"Stop the Tour 1976" protest in Wellington

"Stop the Tour 1976" protest in Wellington
Date
1976
Reference
AW-1446
Description

All frames taken during a night event with people protesting against the 1976 rugby tour to South Africa in which the All Blacks finally toured with Māori and Samoan players as "honorary whites." Frames 1 to 3 show a group of men, women and children, possibly outside the Wellington Town Hall, carrying placards which include "The world Watches"; "Apartheid [...] murder"; "Apartheid kills now"; "Legalise paranoia"; and "Reject racist rugby." Two young women with faces painted half black and half white are sitting on steps in frame 4; a man with a mask of an All Black (possibly that of Bryan Williams) is grovelling on his knees at the foot of a man wearing the caricature mask of South African Prime Minister John Vorster (frame 5). A woman is laughing with a man wearing the mask of Bryan Williams (frame 7); a group are linking arms under a banner which reads "For All Rugby Tours." A police presence is noticeable in frames 10 and 11. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra.

Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet

Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Use/Reproduction
All requests for copies, use and reproduction, must be sent to Ans Westra's agent Suite Tirohanga at westra@suite.co.nz and 04 976 7663. Copyright: Copyright held by Ans Westra
Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs / Westra, Ans, 1936-: Photographs
Format
4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images, Negatives, Cellulose acetate roll film
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"Stop the Tour 1976" protest in Wellington. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs. Ref: AW-1446. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/38422863

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