"Tom Newnham (C.A.R.E.) being attacked outside field after game cancelled" - 1981 Springbok Tour
Maker
Gil Hanly
Production date
1981
Description
Photograph of "Tom Newnham (C.A.R.E.) being attacked outside field after game cancelled". 1981 Springbok Tour - Hamilton 25 July 1981.
Notes supplied by photograph. This shot by Gil Hanly, a renowned social photographer, shows police assaulting educator and activist Tom Newnham after the announcement that the match had been cancelled. Newnham (1926-2010) was the National Secretary of the Citizens Association for Racial Equality (C.A.R.E)—an organisation opposed to the tour and a voice against racism, and for social justice.
Indexing references:
(1) Springbok Tour 1981
(2) Rugby
(3) Protest movements
(4) Armstrong, Rev. G.
(5) Newnham, T.
(6) C.A.R.E.
(7) New Zealand Police
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