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New Zealand had signed The Gleneagles Agreement with other countries around the world. It stated that any country that signed the agreement would not participate in any sporting activities with South Africa until the apartheid was abolished. The government allowed the Springbok to come and play stating "no politics in sports" but many New Zealander's disagreed and organised protests to show their disapproval. My opinion on what happenede during the Springbok Tour is that the protestors had are reslly good reason for what they were doing.

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The reason the tour proceeded was because Robert Muldoon (the prime minister at that time) didn't make a stop to it. All he said was" think about it" That was what he said to the NZRFU when they asked him if it could go on. He must of already knew that it would cause havoc because of the agreement they singed a few years back saying they would stop any sporting involment with South Africa while it was going through apartheid.

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Many groups and organisations during the 1981 tour, such as CARE (Citizens Association for Racial Equalities), HART (Halt All Racist Tours), NAAC (National Anti-Apartheid Council) and SPIR (Society for the Protection of Individual Rights) were set up to oppose the tour in 1981 and try stop the games. These groups usually consisted of many young New Zealand Maoris as they believed they could relate to the South Africans in accordance to the fact that they were heavily discriminated against in the past. The groups were mainly targeted by the police as they were usually the ones organising the anti-tour riots and causing distress at the games. The groups and their riots received wide media attention for their protests.

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james small, Ollie smit, Naas botha, Danie gerber, Ian macdonald, Pieter hendriks, Carel du plessis,

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