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Story: Ngā uniana – Māori and the union movement

Ngā Tamatoa

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Ngā Tamatoa

Members of the activist group Ngā Tamatoa sit on Parliament’s steps in late 1972. Ngā Tamatoa played an important role in revitalising the Māori language, and represented an increasing group of young urban Māori involved in protest movements. Some members of the group pushed for greater representation of Māori in the union movement.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1972/5388/11a

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Cybèle Locke, Ngā uniana – Māori and the union movement – Māori and national union politics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22967/nga-tamatoa (accessed 7 June 2026).

Story by Cybèle Locke, published 4 March 2010.

Comments

Tama Black
01 June 2016
Kiora e nga whanau
Anonymous
04 March 2013
Kia ora. Could you inform if Hoeroa Robert Marumaru (jnr) was a founding member of Nga Tama Toa? Thank you.