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Tame Iti: Stolen chairs strike sparks in Tuhoe leadership row
Tuhoe artist Tame Iti’s latest protest work seems to have struck a raw nerve among some in the tribe.
Tūhoe artist Tame Iti’s latest protest work seems to have struck a raw nerve among some in the tribe.
Iti assembled 70 chairs and arranged them across the road from the Taneatua headquarters of tribal authority Te Uru Taumatua.
But when he went back for the performance part of the work - having kaumātua from different whānau sitting in them - most of the chairs had been taken.
Local Focus: More kaumātua protests against Te Uru Taumata
11 May, 2021 07:27 PM
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Kaumatua assert their territorial sovereignty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tūhoe kaumātua led another peaceful protest in Taneatua on Monday.
Up to 100 chairs lined the hill facing the building of Te Uru Taumata, the Tūhoe iwi governing board.
It was the second protest by the Tūhoe council of elders against leadership that s been described as dictatorship by one kaumatua, Paki Nikora. We were put into structuring committees seven years ago and when settlement came along, they didn t ask us our view, Nikora said.