Group of young Maori on steps of Parliament
Ref: EP/1972/5388/11a-F
Members of Nga Tamatoa on Parliament steps, Wellington, photographed on 11 November 1972 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Back row, left to right: Toro Waaka (Ngati Kahungunu), John Ohia (Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Pukenga), Paul Kotara (Ngai Tahu), and Tame Iti (Ngai Tuhoe). Front row, left to right: Orewa Barrett-Ohia (Ngati Maniapoto), Rawiri Paratene (Nga Puhi) and Tiata Witehira (Nga Puhi).
This group participated in a 3 week sit-in at Parliament grounds. They lived in tents given to them by the local people and organisations particularly MOOHR (Maori Organisation On Human Rights) through Tama (or Tom) Poata. The central theme of the protest was "Maori control of all things Maori" which encompassed other themes like loss of land, loss of reo, etc.
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