Kokiri 19 - Te Puni Kokiri

Source: Canterbury Rugby Football UnionApartheidFor the three All Black tours of1928, 1949 and 1960 to SouthAfrica, the tourists took onthe Springboks without Mäoridue to the rules of apartheid.In return, New Zealand Mäoriwere sent on tours to Australia,Ceylon, France, England, Walesand Canada (1926), Australia(1949) and Western Samoaand Fiji (1960). Opposition toplaying South Africa or sendingAll Black teams without Mäoriplayers had been brewing since1925 when the Akarana MäoriAssociation openly criticised theNZRU. Further criticism grew andwas voiced by the Te Arawa TrustBoard in 1937, by Major GeneralBernard Freyberg in 1949, by the‘No Maoris – No Tour’ movementin 1960 and by those who puttheir bodies on the line in 1981.In 2010 both rugby unions ofSouth Africa and New Zealand,along with the South AfricanGovernment, issued an apologyregarding the treatment of Mäoriplayers under the Apartheidregime–1910Ned Parata’s request to the NZRU for ateam consisting solely of Māori is accepted.New Zealand Māori play their first gameagainst the Rotorua Sub-union on 21 May.They went on to tour Australia, exhibiting theway Parata thought rugby should be played“… a good, fast, open game”.Protest clouds gather over the dispatch of the 1960 ‘All White, All Blacks’ at Parliament Grounds.Source: New Zealand Rugby MuseumTear Gas is used to disperse a crowd of Black people at Capetown, 1976.Source: New Zealand Rugby MuseumSource: Malcolm Mulholland–1911Ned Parata is appointed the foundingChairman of the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union.The Union would go on to provide the mostplayers to the New Zealand Māori Team.A Te Arawa Troupe plays a few games ofrugby in England.Source: Margaret Roberts–1913RAU TAUTe Kani Te Ua and Kobus Louw, Manager ofthe Springboks, embrace with a hongi atTe Poho ö Rawiri, 1965.Source: New Zealand Rugby MuseumTour of Australia. The New Zealand MāoriTeam gains its international scalp by beatingAustralia, albeit in a fundraiser.TE PUNI KÖKIRI | KÖKIRI | Höngongoi – Hereturiköka 20109