Local Focus: More kaumātua protests against Te Uru Taumata
11 May, 2021 07:27 PM
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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.