Politician Matiu Rata (Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Whātua) is seen here at a summit meeting with gang leaders in 1981. He was described by his former parliamentary colleague Geoffrey Palmer as the catalyst behind the modern Māori renaissance. As minister of Māori affairs, Rata set up the Waitangi Tribunal. Later he left the Labour Party to form Mana Motuhake, the first late-20th-century Māori political party.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
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