There were many factors that contributed to protests against the Springbok tour. New Zealand came out of the sixties with a social conscience influenced by international and national affairs. The post-war generation had grown up and were fuelled with idealism. They protested against wage and price levels and industrial conditions as well as staging sit-ins to oppose the Vietnam War and nuclear testing. Opposition to apartheid grew throughout the 1960s and 1970s which many ralllied against. These people were strongly against the tour, dividing New Zealand into those that were for the tour and those that wanted it stopped. There were varied opinions on the Springbok team which was seen by some as representative of racism. Furthermore, there were splits within families causing much conflict throughout the whole of society.