’Old guard’ criticised
A clean sweep of the' “old guard" of New Zealand sports administrators was needed if New Zealand was to avoid isolation in inlet national sport and possible setbacks in trade with the .Middle East, said the president of the Citizens’ Association for Racial Equality (Mr T. <). Newnham) yesterday. If South Africa participated in the international -oftball tournament at Wellington this month. New Zealand would face a succession of boycotts which were unlikely to be confined to anyone sport, Mr Newnham said.
Tanzania’s decision regard-[ ing the proposed tour of .NewZealand by Filbert Bayi and other athletes was a foregone! conclusion "in view of the pro-apartheid sports policies adopted by the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association and other New Zealand 1 sports bodies,” he said. It was becoming clearer everyday that there could lie no future for New Zealand in the Olympic Games or other international sport. “In October last, the president of the New' Zealand Federation of Sport (Mr J. Buckingham) made the stag-' gering claim that 90 pet cent ■ f New Zealand sports bodies backed his appeal to the then Minister of Sport (Mr Walding) that apartheid teams be allowed to visit New Zealand.” said Mr Newnham. I
1 “If this is true, it means that 90 per cent of New Zealand sports bodies are prepared to abandon the Olym- I pic principles of non-discrim-1 ination. Obviously, a great; shake-up is needed if New | Zealand is to avoid isolation ! in international sport.” ' Mr Newnham said that C.A.R.E. had sent to all New Zealand sports bodies a questionnaire asking them for i their views on apartheid and; sports contacts with South j Africa. These views would be j published towards the end of next month, in a handbook I which would be widely distributed in New Zealand and overseas. if any sports body de-! dined to complete the questionnaire, a summary of its attitude to apartheid sport would be prepared from news! I reports, Mr Newnham said, I
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34045, 8 January 1976, Page 10
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