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Kōrero: Māori–Pākehā relations

Māori land march, 1975

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Māori land march, 1975

With their leaders wearing feather cloaks and carrying a ceremonial carved pole and a taiaha, the Māori land march heads south from the Auckland Harbour Bridge towards its destination in Wellington. The marchers included large numbers of Pākehā as well as Māori, and the massive protest drew the country's attention to Māori grievances over the loss of land, language and mana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA7-15-19

by Christian F. Heinegg

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Māori–Pākehā relations – Māori renaissance, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28586/maori-land-march-1975 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.