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Plainclothes police officers survey Fowlds Park
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of two men standing underneath a large tree in Fowlds Park during the anti-Springbok tour protest.
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- Title: Plainclothes police officers survey Fowlds 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 Albert (Auckland, N.Z.)
- Physical Dimensions: 35 mm frame
- Subject Keywords: Rugby football--Political aspects--New Zealand, New Zealand Police, Protest movements--New Zealand--Auckland, Protest movements--New Zealand, 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: Note provided by John Mercer June-July 2021:;"There were a goodly number of ‘plainclothes' police officers present – none would have been provocateurs as their attire and posture clearly identified them as police."
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