Trevor Richards

Guest writer

Trevor Richards was national chairperson of the Halt All Racist Tours movement (HART) from 1969-80, and international secretary from 1980-85.

Norman Kirk died unexpectedly exactly 50 years ago. (Image: The Spinoff)

Remembering Norman Kirk, New Zealand’s great internationalist

Fifty years ago this weekend, prime minister Norman Kirk died unexpectedly. Anti-apartheid activist Trevor Richards considers his legacy.

By Trevor Richards | 31st August, 2024

The Sunday Essay: The cancelled Springbok tour of 1973

The Sunday Essay: The cancelled Springbok tour of 1973

How a sustained campaign of protest against Apartheid led to the cancellation of a much-anticipated rugby tour.

By Trevor Richards | 9th April, 2023

The Sunday Essay: The 1976 Montreal boycott

The Sunday Essay: The 1976 Montreal boycott

How an All Black rugby tour of South Africa disrupted international sport and brought shame to New Zealand.

By Trevor Richards | 12th December, 2021

Springboks Rugby Union tour of New Zealand. (Photo by Kenneth Stevens/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

The birth of a movement that divided NZ – and changed us forever

The story of Hart, and how it built to 1981.

By Trevor Richards | 24th July, 2021

Union foe: Then-deputy PM Rob Muldoon in 1973. (Photo: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The ugly decade

One man set the tone for a nation divided over rugby and apartheid South Africa. HART founder Trevor Richards on Muldoon, politics, sport and culture in 1970s New Zealand.

By Trevor Richards | 6th October, 2019

Springboks Rugby Union tour of New Zealand. (Photo by Kenneth Stevens/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

The birth of a movement that divided NZ – and changed us forever

Fifty years ago the anti-apartheid group Hart was formed. Founder Trevor Richards recalls how it launched a battle for the country’s soul.

By Trevor Richards | 15th July, 2019