P.M. quizzed on rugby tour
NZPA staff correspondent Sydney
The New Zealand Prime Minister, Sir Robert Muldoon, declined yesterday to say exactly how far he would go to stop the proposed All Black rugby tour of South Africa next year. In an interview after a press conference in Sydney, Sir Robert said that how far he would go to dissuade the New Zealand Rugby Union could not be quantified. “We will do as we have in the past with various sporting bodies — it is a question of endeavouring to pur-
suade,” he said. Earlier, he had told press conferences in Melbourne and Sydney that in the seven years since the Gleneagles Agreement had been established, New Zealand had worked to stop sports contacts with South Africa. “We have succeeded overwhelmingly with one exception — rugby,” he said. Asked whether the proposed tour would become an election issue, he said voters would be aware of the fact that National’s policy had been consistent since 1977 while Labour had “waffled all over the place.”
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