Motherhood and Apple Pie

Trevor Richards (ex chairperson of Hart, but still on the national committee) spoke first, outlining the need for opposition. If the tour went ahead it would be "a direct form of encouragement for apartheid, and in opposition to the oppressed majority of Azanian blacks," he said.

The vast majority of New Zealanders are opposed to apartheid, but only because that opposition has been instilled into them; similar to a liking for motherhood and apple-pie. Many are not aware of the extent to which blacks are discriminated against. "Apartheid is a system totally determined by colour," he explained. Voting, land distribution, health services, and education are all based on this corrupt institution, that merely ensures economic goodies for the white minority through a cheap labour force; the black majority.