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Anti-Tour protest shields fly up as the police flying wedge batons its way into anti-Tour protest ranks on the corner of Marlborough St and Walters Rd
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of a large, tightly packed crowd of anti-Springbok tour protesters assembling outside the Church of Christ on 9 Walters Road, Kingsland. The protesters are wearing protective helmets and holding hand-made wooden shields.
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- Title: Anti-Tour protest shields fly up as the police flying wedge batons its way into anti-Tour protest ranks on the corner of Marlborough St and Walters Rd
- Creator: John Mercer
- Creator Lifespan: b. 1949
- Creator Nationality: New Zealander
- Creator Birth Place: New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Date Created: September 12, 1981
- Location: Mount Eden (Auckland, N.Z.)
- Physical Dimensions: 35 mm frame
- Subject Keywords: Protest movements--New Zealand, New Zealand Police--History, Springboks (Rugby team), Eden Park (Auckland, N.Z. : Stadium), New Zealand Police
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: The flying wedge forges a path into the protest group. The wooden shields of the protesters go up in the air as the pointy end of the flying wedge reaches them.
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