Hold the line : the Springbok tour of '81 : a family, a love affair, a nation at war / a novel by Kerry Harrison.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: [Auckland] ; Cloud Ink, 2021Whakaahuatanga: 217 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- volume
- 9780473559465
- 0473559463
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | HARR (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | I takina atu | 30/04/2024 | I2207966 |
It's 1981 and New Zealand is about to host the Springboks from apartheid South Africa for a national rugby tour. The well-supported protest movement pitches against a nation of die-hard rugby supporters. Despite growing public protest, the Government and Rugby Union are adamant the tour will proceed. Beth returns from London. Her World War Two veteran father is a rugby fanatic, her brother becomes a protestor embroiled in street violence. She studies law and meets Viktor who, unknown to her, is a member of the notorious Police Red Squad. What will happen to their polarised relationship in a country where the very survival of civil order is at risk? In this fast-paced novel, the nuances and tensions of the infamous 1981 Springbok Tour are probed and laid bare.
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