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Tama Te Kapua Poata (3 April 1936 – 9 November 2005)[1] was a New Zealand writer, actor, humanitarian and activist.[2] He was from the Māori tribe of Ngāti Porou. He was also known as 'Tom,' the transliteration of 'Tama.' BackgroundPoata was born on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island. He was educated at Tokomaru Bay High School.[3] He lived in Wellington during the 1960s where he worked for the Drivers Union. FilmsPoata wrote the screenplay for the feature film Ngati (1987), directed by Barry Barclay and produced by John O'Shea. Ngati was the first film written and directed by Māori, and is of historical and cultural significance in New Zealand. ActorPoata played the role of 'Sam' in Wild Horses (1984) a New Zealand western directed by Derek Morton, produced by John Barnett and starring Bruno Lawrence.[4] Human RightsPoata was a founding member and the secretary of the Māori Organisation on Human Rights (MOOHR)[5] which took part in protests for Māori rights and also opposed New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War.[3] He was instrumental in organising the historic 1975 Land March[2] to the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington, voicing Māori indigenous land rights and protection of their culture. He was also active in the anti-apartheid movement in New Zealand against South Africa and is credited with having coined the name Halt All Racist Tours (HART)[5] the organisation which led and mobilised anti-apartheid protests trying to stop the South African rugby union team touring in New Zealand. Awards
References1. ^{{cite news | title=Activist used all tools to hand | date=1 December 2005 | work=Dominion Post | page=7 | first=Peter | last=Kitchin}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00162.htm|title=Tama Poata another tragic loss for Aotearoa|work=scoop.co.nz}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2005/12/tom-poata-original-maori-radical-part.html|title=The New Zeal Blog has moved...|work=newzeal.blogspot.com}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/feature-project/pages/Wild-Horses.php|title=NZ Feature Project: Wild Horses - The New Zealand Film Archive|work=filmarchive.org.nz|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522032221/http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/feature-project/pages/Wild-Horses.php|archivedate=2010-05-22|df=}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://maorinews.com/writings/papers/other/protest.html|title=The Evolution of Contemporary Maori Protest|work=maorinews.com}} External links
6 : 1936 births|2005 deaths|Ngāti Porou|New Zealand writers|Māori activists|New Zealand Māori writers |
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