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Police commanders begin the process of winding down the action and direct their efforts into enabling anti-Tour protest marshals to organise an orderly withdrawal of the anti-Tour protestors
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of several police officers standing at the intersection of Onslow Road and Carrick Place. One police officer is holding a megaphone, others are holding batons. Several onlookers are watching from a front yard.
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- Title: Police commanders begin the process of winding down the action and direct their efforts into enabling anti-Tour protest marshals to organise an orderly withdrawal of the anti-Tour protestors
- 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: Racism in sports, Protest movements--New Zealand--Auckland, New Zealand Police, Mount Eden (Auckland, N.Z.), Anti-apartheid movements--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: Inscribed on print recto: 24/A.;Inscribed on print verso: BC9-70 Cnr Onslow and Dominion. 12th Sept 1981. Arriving onto Dominion Rd I can see that there has been a marked change in the atmosphere. As police commanders begin the process of winding down the action and directing efforts into enabling the protest marshals to collect the protest groups together and begin an orderly withdrawal.
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