Stray boots and uniforms.

The demonstration got moving fairly quickly. There was what could be described as a demarcation dispute over the positioning of the barricades. When the first of the guests arrived the situation intensified. The delegates must have felt unsure of whether people would be throwing flowers at their feet or eggs at their heads because they stooped to the almost proletarian level of coming in buses or the odd taxi. Their arrival set off a surge on to the streets by the demonstrators. The genuine rage at having This Pbec scum' in New Zealand was apparent.

The police almost in scrumming fashion tried to push back the people. The situation grew increasingly electric especially when the police tried out some of their legendary 'reasonable amount of force' to contain the situation. This included the odd kick and punch, an attempt to throw a person in front of a moving car, as well as various exploits by the plain clothed police present. The plain clothed police [unclear: numbered] approximately 30, needless to say they were conspicuous to all. The most serious incident was when Kevin Swann (VUWSA Secretary) received a blow to the stomach. He was forced to lie down on the pavement while an ambulance was called for. The hospital discharged him later that evening.

The evening had five arrests. The first to go was Don Archer, a Trade Union representative. His offence being "in possession of a missile" it was not stated whether it was a cruise missile or not but one would suspect an egg or the likes. However it turned out Don was not in fact "in possession of a missile." The boys in blue thought about it for a while and came up with obstruction of a police officer. Second to go (this was inevitable, I guess) was "Uncle Sam' from the guerilla theatre. In New Zealand playing 'Uncle Sam' is almost as treasonous as burning the flag in the U.S. When they appeared in court the next morning the only one of the group to be remanded in custody was Uncle Sam.' All will re-appear on May 16.