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Outsmarted': anti-Tour protestors and onlookers alike chase Patu squad down Marlborough St towards Walter St
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 down Onslow Road during the march.
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- Title: Outsmarted': anti-Tour protestors and onlookers alike chase Patu squad down Marlborough St towards Walter 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: Eden Park (Auckland, N.Z. : Stadium), Anti-apartheid movements--New Zealand, Protest movements--New Zealand--Auckland, Racism, Mount Eden (Auckland, N.Z.)
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: It seemed like everybody chased the Patu phalanx down Marlborough St towards the Walters Rd intersection. I was one of the last chasing Patu group down Marlborough St as I had remained near the Red Squad cordon at the Onslow Rd/Kowhai St intersection in the expectation that it was the most likely spot for some sort of confrontation. Obviously there were a goodly number of protesters who were not part of the Patu group formation who were also surprised by the abrupt change of tactic and had to run back down Marlborough St to catch up. Note the onlookers on the roof peak at RHS centre of the frame.
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