John Minto is a New Zealand based political activist known for his involvement in various left-wing groups and causes, most notably Halt All Racist Tours. A 2005 documentary on New Zealands top 100 history makers listed him as number 89. Today he is involved with Global Peace and Justice Auckland and the Unite Union. He writes a weekly column for The Press^[1] and is editor of the Workers' Charter newspaper. John Minto IV (October 10, 1822 - February 25, 1915) was an American pioneer born in Wylam, England. ... Halt All Racist Tours was a group set up in New Zealand in 1969 to protest rugby union tours to and from Apartheid South Africa. ... Global Peace and Justice Auckland (GPJA) describes itself as a network of people who provide a platform for individuals and groups to discuss and organise co-operatively on peace and justice issues. ... The Unite Union (Unite) is a trade union in New Zealand. ... The Press is a daily newspaper in Christchurch, New Zealand, which circulates widely in the northern half of the South Island. ... Workers Charter is a broad-based, left-wing movement active in New Zealand, which also produces a monthly newspaper of the same name. ...

Halt All Racist Tours

John Minto, along with Trevor Richards, Tom Newnham and others, was involved in forming Halt All Racist Tours, a group set up to protest rugby union tours to and from Apartheid South Africa, in 1969. He became the National Chairman of the organisation in 1980. During clashes between police and protesters he was seriously assaulted (by rugby supporters the evening after the disruption at Rugby Park in Hamilton). In 2005 a police batton owned by Ross Meurant, a former member of Parliament who was second in charge of the "Red Squad" during the 1981 Springbok Tour was put up for auction online labeled as a "Minto Bar" ^[2], a "joke" based on the co-incidence of names between John Minto and Minties, the brand name a popular mint-flavoured candy. Tom Newnham is a New Zealand political activist and former educationalist. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... Ross Meurant, a New Zealand public figure, has at various times gained public attention as a police officer, a businessman, a politician, and a political lobbyist. ... The 1981 Springbok Tour (still known by many in New Zealand as The Tour) was a controversial tour of New Zealand by the South African Springbok rugby team. ...

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) listed Minto in 1981 on a list of 'subversives' for the events of that year.^{[citation needed]} The name Security Intelligence Service can refer to several groups. ...

See also

Halt All Racist Tours
1981 Springbok Tour Halt All Racist Tours was a group set up in New Zealand in 1969 to protest rugby union tours to and from Apartheid South Africa. ... The 1981 Springbok Tour (still known by many in New Zealand as The Tour) was a controversial tour of New Zealand by the South African Springbok rugby team. ...

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