Although the call for 'No Maoris – No Tour' gained momentum after 1960, how South Africa selected its team was widely regarded as its own business. Beating the Springboks was still a source of national pride, as indicated in this 1965 cartoon by Nevile Lodge of Wellington's Evening Post.
Alexander Turnbull Library Cartoonist: Nevile Lodge Reference: B-137-285 Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
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'Cartoon from 1965 Springboks series', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/cartoon-from-1965-springbok-series, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 12-Jun-2014
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