1. 1981 Springbok Tour Protests A timeline of events

2. 1921 First official series – South Africa played in New Zealand

3. 1948 Apartheid becomes a legal system, under National Government led by Daniel Malan.

4. 1950s New Zealand considered peaceful, prosperous and integrated

5. 1960 “No Maori, no tour” - petition signed against sending a race-based team.

6. 1968 United Nations called for a sporting boycott against South Africa

7. 1969 Halt Against Racist Tours was founded by University of Auckland students

8. 1970 New Zealand Rugby Football Union did not select Maori players to tour South Africa up until this time. New Zealand tour to South Africa – multiracial team because Maori were considered as 'honourary whites'

9. 1972 Norman Kirk, Labour opposition leader, promised not to interfere with the 1973 Tour in the lead up to the election.

10. 1973 Tour postponed

11. 1974 Christchurch hosted the Commonwealth Games Black South African nations threatened to boycott the games if the tour in 1973 went ahead.

12. 1975 Robert Muldoon said the National government would welcome a tour of the Springboks to New Zealand

13. 1976 All Blacks tour to South Africa Black African nations boycott the Montreal Olympics Soweto riots

14. 1977 Commonwealth heads of state meeting Gleneagles Agreement

15. 1980 New Zealand Rugby Football Union invite Springboks to tour New Zealand in response to Muldoon's attitude towards Keep Politics Out Of Sport

16. 1981 John Minto national organiser for Halt Against Racist Tours 19 July Springboks arrived for the tour

17. 22 July 1981 Gisborne

18. 25 July 1981 Hamilton

19. 29 July 1981 Molesworth Street, Wellington protest violence

20. 15 August 1981 First test in Christchurch

21. 29 August 1981 Second test in Wellington

22. 12 September 1981 Third test in Auckland

23. 1992 Teams selected on the bias of race, due to Apartheid, up until this time.

24. 1995 Rugby went professional