maori sport

Aboriginal and Maori sportsmen

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Māori rugby timeline

This timeline covers some of the key events and major players in the history of Māori rugby. It was compiled to mark the centenary of the first official New Zealand Māori team.

New Zealand Natives' rugby tour of 1888-9

Introduction

‘Play up’ card for the Natives' Rugby Tour

Rugby in 1888 - New Zealand Natives' rugby tour

Rugby in 1888

‘The first Goal for New Zealand’

Politics and sport - 1981 Springbok tour

‘Politics and sport don’t mix’

In South Africa before 1948 the white minority enjoyed a privileged position, reinforced by a number of laws and practices that ensured there was extensive segregation of the races. When Daniel Malan’s Nationalist Party came to power that year, this separation was intensified with a policy known as ‘apartheid’ (‘apartness’ in Afrikaans) that aimed to strictly divide the races.