Winter of Discontent
A Story about Dunedin Opposition to the 1981 Springbok Tour
Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania
| Author: | Tony Eyre | ISBN: | 9781483504490 |
| Publisher: | BookBaby | Publication: | September 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tony Eyre |
| ISBN: | 9781483504490 |
| Publisher: | BookBaby |
| Publication: | September 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
1981 was the year that South Africa’s national rugby team – the Springboks – accepted an invitation from the NZ Rugby Football Union to tour New Zealand to play rugby against a number of provincial sides as well as a four test series against our national team – the All Blacks. The Springbok Tour took place in the midst of an ideologically divided country and became a flashpoint for civil disruption on a scale never before witnessed in New Zealand. This book is a personal account (largely from a protester’s viewpoint) of how one city, Dunedin – a South Island university town with a population of around 125,000 – responded in its opposition to the 1981 Springbok tour.
1981 was the year that South Africa’s national rugby team – the Springboks – accepted an invitation from the NZ Rugby Football Union to tour New Zealand to play rugby against a number of provincial sides as well as a four test series against our national team – the All Blacks. The Springbok Tour took place in the midst of an ideologically divided country and became a flashpoint for civil disruption on a scale never before witnessed in New Zealand. This book is a personal account (largely from a protester’s viewpoint) of how one city, Dunedin – a South Island university town with a population of around 125,000 – responded in its opposition to the 1981 Springbok tour.
