item details
NameAnti Springbok tour demonstration
ProductionAns Westra; photographer; June 1970; Wellington
Classificationwork prints, black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, documentary photographs
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, photographic paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 196mm (height), 222mm (length)
Registration NumberO.012048
Credit linePurchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Protesters gathered in Wellington on the night of 13 June, when the All Blacks flew out to South Africa for their 1970 tour. For this tour, the South African government had agreed to treat Māori All Black players and spectators as ‘honorary whites’. Several protesters painted their faces in black and white halves.
In this photograph, a woman carries a placard with a poster that features a detail of a photograph of a protest at Cato Manor, Durban, in 1959, in which South African police subdued protesters with batons.