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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.

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

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