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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.

Credit

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

How to cite this page

1956 rugby ball and John Minto helmet from Te Papa, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/1956-rugby-ball-and-john-minto-helmet-te-papa, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated