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As the police flying wedge slams into the anti-Tour protest ranks, shields get forced up and batons are used
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.
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- Title: As the police flying wedge slams into the anti-Tour protest ranks, shields get forced up and batons are used
- 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--Auckland, Anti-apartheid movements--New Zealand, Protest movements--New Zealand, Eden Park (Auckland, N.Z. : Stadium), Protest movements.
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: Action! The flying wedge moves into the protest/Patu frontline (centre of photo). I don’t think I moved my position so it looks like the protesters have moved in front of me or have been pushed back as the flying wedge pushes into the front ranks. I think there is a photo taken around this point in the proceedings by Gil Hanley that was probably taken from about the area around the bin against wall of the church.
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