Screening and Q&A: Te Matakite o Aotearoa – The Māori Land March

In 1975, Dame Whina Cooper led a 1,100km hīkoi from Te Hāpua to Parliament, uniting thousands in protest at the loss of Māori land. Filmmaker Geoff Steven’s Te Matakite o Aotearoa captures this defining moment in Aotearoa’s history, following the hikoi from its beginnings in the Far North to its powerful arrival at Parliament. Join us for a special screening of this landmark documentary, marking fifty years to the day since the hīkoi arrived at Parliament. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Geoff Steven.

Image: By Archives New Zealand from New Zealand - Māori Land March - Auckland Harbour Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0 File:Māori Land March - Auckland Harbour Bridge (21261436989).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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