John Miller
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1950
Ngāpuhi,
Ngāi Tāwake ki te Tuawhenua,
Te Uri Taniwha,
Te Whiu,
Māori
1972 Ngā Tamatoa occupation at Parliament, including Tāme Iti
- 1972
- Gelatin silverprint
- Purchased 2024
- 540 x 608mm
- 2024/106
- View on google maps
Tags: flags, Māori (culture or style), monochrome, parliament buildings, people (agents), protesting, words
Over many decades John Miller’s ever-present lens has recorded the people who have had profound and long-term impacts on Māori land rights in Aotearoa. Tāme Iti (Ngāi Tūhoe) has appeared in many of his photographs, including in this powerful image of Ngā Tamatoa occupying parliament grounds in 1972 during a campaign for the teaching of te reo Māori in schools. A lifelong and committed activist, Iti appears again in Miller’s photos of Ngā Tamatoa protests at Waitangi in 1972, the 1975 Māori land march, the occupation of Taiarahia Hill in 1986 and many others.
Ngā Tamatoa – A Māori rights activist group formed in the 1970s.
