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Surrounded by friends, an anti-Tour protestor with a broken nose receives medical attention from a protest medic on Marlborough St
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of an injured protester during the anti-Springbok tour march. A first aider is assisting the protester who has a bleeding nose from being hit by a police officer.
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- Title: Surrounded by friends, an anti-Tour protestor with a broken nose receives medical attention from a protest medic on Marlborough St
- 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, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Police--History, Anti-apartheid movements--New Zealand, Racism
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: Inscribed on print 1 verso: 23A/80. 38B 23A 30. First aid.;Inscribed on print 2 recto: 23A/80. 11.;Inscribed on print 3 [cropped] verso: 23A/80 detail. I turn to continue along Marlborough St and look to my right where Fran (the batonee from frames 5-9) receives medical attention for her broken nose. Wendy is partly obscured by the medic, Bruce is on LHS and partly obscures Ineke. In the white helmet (I think) is Raewyn?;Inscribed on print 2 verso: BC8-80 12th Sept 1981. Marlborough Rd heading towards Onslow. Saw Fran being tended by "Red Cross" then saw Bruce suggested that the area was dangerous – incipient baton charge with associated indiscriminate use of said batons and urged that the group moved on - then the said charge began.
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