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Moving out: anti-Tour protestors head away from Eden Park
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of a crowd of anti-Springbok tour protesters walking up a road. Several first aiders are in the crowd wearing white coveralls.
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- Title: Moving out: anti-Tour protestors head away from Eden Park
- 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: New Zealand Police--History, Mount Eden (Auckland, N.Z.), Rugby football--Political aspects--South Africa, Anti-apartheid movements--New Zealand, 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: Again my lack of familiarity with Auckland means I don't know where this is. I do, however remember three things about this time. I believe we diverged from Dominion Rd (possibly onto Great North Rd), a group of youths (Maori or Islander) questioned my validity with the march and tried to isolate me from the other (I think I was in some danger at this point – for the first time during the day I felt afraid). However some of the marchers gathered me in, saying I was known to them. I am thankful to those people. Thirdly I found the friends I had stayed with the previous night and we peeled off from the march and found our way to their place.
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