Ko Wai Kei Runga i te Hōpa? Who’s on the Couch? Tāme Iti (CANCELLED)

Saturday 13 May 2023, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Kiwi Hall. $15

Arohamai. Apologies. This event has been cancelled due to unforeseen medical conditions. All ticketholders will be contacted by email about the refund process.

He maha āna kaupapa mahi e rongonui nei a Tāme Iti (Ngai Tūhoe, Waikato, Te Arawa) – he kaiporotēhi, he tohunga mahi toi, he tangata whakaari, he kaituhituhi, he “kaiwhakatuma”, he kaieke paihikara hoki. Ka whānui haere tana rongonui i te wā ko ia tētahi o ngā mema o Ngā Tamatoa, neke atu i te whā tekau tau ki muri, ā ka hora haere te mōhiotia ōna hei kanohi mo ngā take porotēhi a te Māori mete puawaitanga o te ahurea Māori. Nau mai, whakatata mai ki te taha o tēnei kaitaki korero, ki te taha otēnei kaikawe kōrero o Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa, a Tāmati Rimene Sproat (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne o Wairarapa). Piri mai, i a ia e whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro ana me tēnei tangata whakaihiihi, tangata tautohetohe hoki o Aotearoa Niu Tīreni. Ka kawea te kaupapa nei i roto i te reo Māori, ā, ka whakapākehatia ngātahitia.

Tāme Iti (Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato, Te Arawa) is known as many things – activist, artist, actor, author, terrorist and cyclist. He rose to prominence as a member of the protest group Nga Tamatoa more than 40 years ago, becoming a key figure in the Māori protest movement and cultural renaissance. Join storyteller and TVNZ journalist Tāmati Rimene Sproat (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne o Wairarapa), in conversation with one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most captivating and controversial figures.

In te reo  with simultaneous English interpretations.