Lancaster Park Confronted By Anti-Apartheid Protesters – 15th August 1981
On 15th August 1981, racial tensions that had been brewing since the 1950’s, spilled out around the outskirts of Christchurch’s Lancaster Park as a rugby game was played between the All Blacks and the South African Team – the Springboks. Hundreds of anti-apartheid protesters swarmed around outside the park, finally breaking past riot police and …
