ANC Centenary Conference
August 18 & 19, 2012
'WHEN HOPE AND HISTORY RHYME'
HOW NEW ZEALAND
HELPED TO END
APARTHEID
History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal waves
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
- Seamus Heaney,
The Cure at Troy
Victoria University of Wellington,
Rutherford House
23 Lambton Quay,
WELLINGTON
Saturday 18 August
8.00 9.00 Registration
Mihi: Piri Sciascia Pro-Vice Chancellor (Maori), Victoria University of
Wellington (TBC)
9.10 9.20. 9.30 -10.15 10.15 - 10.30 10.30 - 11.15 11.15 - 12.30 12.30 - 1.15 Welcome: Roberto Rabel Pro-Vice Chancellor (International), Victoria
University of Wellington Moderator (Trevor Richards) introduces
1912-1990: The ANC v white minority rule Keynote speaker – Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile (30 mins)
Comments/ questions from the floor (15 mins)
Morning tea
The New Zealand Connection John Osmers & Michael Lapsley (10 mins each) followed by a conversation with Pauline McKay (15mins) followed by discussion/questions from floor (10 mins).
The ANC at 100 years:
Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile interviewed by Chris Laidlaw (TBC) (30
mins). John Osmers and Michael Lapsley to join the interview Commentator: Peter Harris (TBC) (10 mins)
Discussion/questions from the floor (35 mins)
Lunch
1.15 - 1.45 A screening of the New Zealand segment from Have You Heard From
Johannesburg: Fair Play (Director: Connie Field)
1.45 - 2.00
2.00 - 2.45
'Marching in the footsteps, of those who have gone before': a tribute to
those who are no longer with us. (Moderator)
Maori to the fore
1921 - 1970 Pat Hohepa (10mins)
1970 - 1990 Ripeka Evans (10mins) Comments Manuka Henare (10mins)
Discussion/questions from floor (15 mins)
2.45 - 3.30
3.30 - 3.45
Winds of Change: the birth of the New Zealand anti-apartheid movement
The CABTA campaign Pam Ormsby (15 mins) The emergence of HART and CARE Mike Law(15mins) Discussion/questions (15mins)
Afternoon tea
3.45 - 4.30
'Soon, in the soonest sense of soon': Norman Kirk stops the 1973 tour
Panel: Margaret Hayward, Russell Marshall, Bob Scott (5 mins each)
Panel discussion chaired by Moderator (15 mins) Discussion involving the floor. (15 mins) 4.30 - 5.30
Treason and Traitors: the road to the Montreal Olympics and the consequences of the 20th century's first major Olympic boycott
David Wickham The road to Montreal (15 mins) Russell Marshall The Gleneagles Agreement (15 mins) Comments – Trevor Richards (10 mins) Discussions/questions from the floor (20 mins)
6.00 – 8.00 Reception on mezzanine floor of Rutherford House (drinks and nibbles). During the reception, Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile will present ANC Centennial Awards. Sunday 19 August
9.00 - 9.05
9.05 - 9.45 Moderator introduces Sunday sessions
Taking a stand - individual sports people say no to apartheid
Bob Burgess, Anne Hare, Graham Mourie (5 mins each followed by
15 mins discussion between themselves)
Discussion/questions from the floor (10 mins)
9.45 - 10.45
1981: Capturing the mood
Ripeka Evans (TBC), Mike Law, Pauline McKay, Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, John Osmers and Michael Lapsley in discussion with Geoff Chapple (TBC) (40 mins) Discussion/questions from the floor (20 mins)
10.45 - 11.00
Morning Tea
11.00 - 11.45 The NZRFU versus law, justice and morality: the significance of the legal bid to stop the 1985 All Black tour of South Africa Panel discussion Ted Thomas, Phil Recorden, Patrick Finnigan (PF To Be Confirmed), Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile with the Moderator (25 mins) Discussion/questions from the floor (20mins)
11.45 - 12.45 Looking back: what do the campaigns against NZ's sporting relations
with South Africa tell us about ourselves?
Pat Hohepa (TBC), Rosslyn Noonan and Jock Phillips in conversation.(30 mins) Discussion/questions from the floor (30 mins)
12.45 - 12.50
Closing remarks from the Moderator