Significance the Tour had for New Zealanders
The events of the Springbok Tour influence the lives of individuals such as Maoris by changing the way they were viewed in New Zealand society, New Zealand society was changed by this event
Significant for New Zealand society was the fact that New Zealander turned on New Zealander. Tolerance became a forgotten word and the tour forged a deep division in our society, a split that did not allow for neutrality in families and communities. One example we can see of this is Patrick Wilson he was a member of the Blue Squad and saw his responsibility as being to enforce the law by allowing the tour to proceed. But on the other hand his brother Bernard was a member of HART and he saw his responsibility as being to stop it through serious civil disobedience.A popular Cartoonist by the name of Murray Ball, a Pākehā New Zealander, believed that it was “Strange for New Zealanders to feel so aggressive against other New Zealanders". His father was a former All Black and his was sister married to a South African. He was an All Black trialist and along with his brother protested against the tour. He received hate mail when he withdrew Dog as the All Blacks’ mascot and was abused in public places like restaurants.
This was a significant consequence as it resulted in New Zealand society being forced to confront domestic issues relating to the status of Māori. After the tour, Project Waitangi, was established to raise awareness of the Treaty. In 1985, the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act was passed, extending Waitangi Tribunal powers to allow investigation of Crown actions and omissions that could be in breach of Treaty principles dating back to 1840. John Minto, Pākehā organiser of HART in 1981, believes the tours greatest impact on NZ society was to “stimulate debate about racism and the place of Māori in New Zealand”.
“I think one of the critical things that happened as a result of that Tour and the protests, had in fact a bigger effect within New Zealand than a lasting effect within South Africa. But what it did was things like the Waitangi Tribunal, up until then they could only look at issues which were new grievances, but after the Tour and that whole upwelling of debate and arguments about racism here, people started to realise you can’t protest against racism 6,000 miles away when it’s right here in your country… and a few years later the Tribunal was able to look at past grievances. There was a big movement in recognizing racism in our own country and giving Maori a place to stand in their own land.” - John Minto
The significance to New Zealanders was that it made them stop and question, what did they think was right those 56 days were testing to every household families turned on each other as different people held different views, It also changed out society because before the tour there was racism towards Maori that had not yet come to light but with the Springbok tour in town it made us as a society think that we can hardly judge another country's ways if ours are not perfect and this then led on to changes for Maoir as new policies were put in place to help stop this.
After examine some primary documents accessed from the Canterbury library, it became apparent that the tour had a huge impact on society because as one girl said the tour made her feel alienated from her friends because she had conflicting views to them .
The events of the Springbok Tour influence the lives of individuals such as Maoris by changing the way they were viewed in New Zealand society, New Zealand society was changed by this event
Significant for New Zealand society was the fact that New Zealander turned on New Zealander. Tolerance became a forgotten word and the tour forged a deep division in our society, a split that did not allow for neutrality in families and communities. One example we can see of this is Patrick Wilson he was a member of the Blue Squad and saw his responsibility as being to enforce the law by allowing the tour to proceed. But on the other hand his brother Bernard was a member of HART and he saw his responsibility as being to stop it through serious civil disobedience.A popular Cartoonist by the name of Murray Ball, a Pākehā New Zealander, believed that it was “Strange for New Zealanders to feel so aggressive against other New Zealanders". His father was a former All Black and his was sister married to a South African. He was an All Black trialist and along with his brother protested against the tour. He received hate mail when he withdrew Dog as the All Blacks’ mascot and was abused in public places like restaurants.
This was a significant consequence as it resulted in New Zealand society being forced to confront domestic issues relating to the status of Māori. After the tour, Project Waitangi, was established to raise awareness of the Treaty. In 1985, the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act was passed, extending Waitangi Tribunal powers to allow investigation of Crown actions and omissions that could be in breach of Treaty principles dating back to 1840. John Minto, Pākehā organiser of HART in 1981, believes the tours greatest impact on NZ society was to “stimulate debate about racism and the place of Māori in New Zealand”.
“I think one of the critical things that happened as a result of that Tour and the protests, had in fact a bigger effect within New Zealand than a lasting effect within South Africa. But what it did was things like the Waitangi Tribunal, up until then they could only look at issues which were new grievances, but after the Tour and that whole upwelling of debate and arguments about racism here, people started to realise you can’t protest against racism 6,000 miles away when it’s right here in your country… and a few years later the Tribunal was able to look at past grievances. There was a big movement in recognizing racism in our own country and giving Maori a place to stand in their own land.” - John Minto
The significance to New Zealanders was that it made them stop and question, what did they think was right those 56 days were testing to every household families turned on each other as different people held different views, It also changed out society because before the tour there was racism towards Maori that had not yet come to light but with the Springbok tour in town it made us as a society think that we can hardly judge another country's ways if ours are not perfect and this then led on to changes for Maoir as new policies were put in place to help stop this.
After examine some primary documents accessed from the Canterbury library, it became apparent that the tour had a huge impact on society because as one girl said the tour made her feel alienated from her friends because she had conflicting views to them .