Personal details
Full Name:
- Matiu Rata
Lifetime:
- 1934–1997
Biography
Matiu Rata
As minister of Māori affairs Matiu Rata helped set up the Waitangi Tribunal in 1975. He later left the Labour Party to form Mana Motuhake, the first modern Māori politcal party.
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Waitangi Day
Every year on 6 February, New Zealand marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. For most people, Waitangi Day is a holiday; for many, and especially for Māori, it is a time for reflecting on the Treaty and its place in modern New Zealand.
- Page 5 - Waitangi Day 1970sWaitangi Day, a public holiday from 1974, briefly became New Zealand Day in the 1970s. Increasingly, it became a focus for Māori protest
Parliament's people
\Today there are 120 MPs in New Zealand's Parliament, which is a far cry from the 37 who met for the first time in Auckland in 1854.
- Page 3 - Māori MPsLeaders of Māori society have represented their people in the House, including Maui Pomare, James Carroll, Matiu Rata and, most famously, Apirana
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Main image: Matiu Rata
Matiu Rata, circa 1970s, location unknown. Taken by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post.