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Biography: Rata, Matiu Waitai

Defending the fisheries claim

Defending the fisheries claim

In this 1988 clip from Eyewitness News, Matiu Rata explains the reasoning behind the Māori claim for a 50 per cent share of the national fisheries quota.

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Reference: TZP47792

Eyewitness News – Fishers [Matiu Rata] (1988). Courtesy Television New Zealand. From material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

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Tiopira McDowell. 'Rata, Matiu Waitai', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/47332/defending-the-fisheries-claim (accessed 4 June 2026).