Waitangi Day protests 1981

Scenes of protests on Waitangi Day 1981. A closeup view of a man holding the pole of a large folded flag (frame 1, and on the right in frame 12, with another man beside him. The second man is also seen in the centre of frame 5); four young Māori boys are leaning on a walkway leading up from the Railway Station (frames 2 to 3); a number of people are on a lawn outside Rutherford House (frame 5); a young man and woman are reading a newspaper, possibly "Socialist [Action]" with the back page visible reading "Tihei Mauri Ora" and an interview with Matiu Rata, and behind them the large open flag on which "1840-1981" is visible; the same two are handing out broadsheets "Protest Waitangi" (frames 7 & 8); a young woman beside a pushchair with the Railway Station and the group of young boys in the background (frames 9 & 11); people reading the "Protest Waitangi" broadsheet on the lawn outside Rutherford House (frame 10). 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