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Ron Don roots rabbits, Fowlds Park
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of anti-Springbok tour protesters dressed as clowns and rabbits. Protesters are wearing face paint and holding baguettes. One protester dressed as a rabbit is wearing a sign reading "Ron don roots rabbits".
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- Title: Ron Don roots rabbits, 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: New Zealand Police, Eden Park (Auckland, N.Z. : Stadium), Racism, Protest movements., Rugby football--Political aspects--New Zealand
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: Notes provided by John Mercer June-July 2021: The protest clowns and rabbits on route to their chosen position and roles in the planned event. NB: The stripey clowns is severely assaulted, batoned and bashed during the street battle on Onslow Rd by officers from the Red Squad. The clowns, the rabbits and the bumblebee were a group of eight protestors that didn't want to engage in physical protest or violence but drew on a long NZ tradition of humour and satire to contribute to the anti Tour protest. They caught many a photographer's eye/lense. They, like me, ended up in Onslow Rd and proceeded to mock and satirise police, police formations and police activities.
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