item details
NameGood sportsmanship? poster
ProductionNigel Brown; artist; 1985; New Zealand
Jim Gladwin; printer; 1985; New Zealand
Jim Gladwin; printer; 1985; New Zealand
Classificationposters
Materialspaper, ink
Techniquesphotocopying
DimensionsOverall: 210mm (width), 296mm (height)
Registration NumberGH026400
Credit lineGift of David Blair, 2023
Overview
This poster by Nigel Brown protested against the New Zealand Rugby Union's proposed tour of South Africa in 1985, only four years after the bruising experience of the Springbok rugby tour to New Zealand in 1981. Many New Zealanders had objected to that tour because of South Africa's policy of racial apartheid. Protests had caused obstruction and the cancellation of games, and much violence between protesters, supporters and police.
Renewed protest activity in 1985 demonstrated that the same issues remained. The proposed tour was cancelled after a legal challenge.