13 Jun 2012

Springbok Tour put NZ Commonwealth Games in danger

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 13 June 2012

Confidential Australian cabinet papers from 30 years ago, which have just been made public, reveal that concern about the 1981 Springbok tour was so high, it jeopardised New Zealand's participation at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.

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