1956 rugby ball and John Minto helmet from Te Papa

Simon Morton looks at the connection between two items from the Te Papa collection: the rugby ball used in the deciding test of the 1956 Springbok tour and 1981 anti-apartheid protester John Minto’s helmet.

Credit

Tales from Te Papa, episode 4. Video supplied via YouTube by Te Papa.

How to cite this page: '1956 rugby ball and John Minto helmet from Te Papa', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/1956-rugby-ball-and-john-minto-helmet-te-papa, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012

Community contributions


Paul Hewson
03 Jun 2013

I am pretty sure there was a black African player in the 1981 Springboks team to New Zealand?

What do you know?