Tame Iti wins major bail victory!

Tame Iti’s lawyer Annette Sykes announced that they have successfully secured Tame’s passport so that he can travel overseas. Tame is due to appear in a production of TEMPEST II in Italy and may travel to other European cities and Japan to do further performances. This is a major victory for the case as Tame can now continue his work in educating people worldwide about the struggle of Tuhoe.

About the performance: TEMPEST II is the second chapter of the performance series Tempest.

Tempest is the performance of a staged hearing, within conditions of detention and loss of sovereign rights. The language of Tempest is dance and its oratory signals the rebirth of an indigenous voice in the telling of the shifting conditions of political right, from the scientific journey to witness the transit of Venus that coincided with colonial conquest, to the current geopolitics of the Pacific reflecting the wider post 9/11 global community.

Tempest inflects towards the Shakespeare work, though draws away from being either a staging or an adaptation of it. Rather, Tempest is the collision of the island geography of the play and the political writings of the contemporary philosopher Giorgio Agamben, concerned with our contemporary crisis of the destitution of rights, whereby any citizen may be constituted as a detainee and any urban condition may become that of the camp.
TEMPEST II features the veteran Maori activist Tame Iti. On the 15th of October 2007, police carried out anti-terror raids, focussing in his community in Ruatoki. Tame Iti was arrested and is currently on bail. TEMPEST II also features the recently freed Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui who was detained for four years without trial in a New Zealand prison.

For more information on the performance, visit www.mau.co.nz/

RISE UP

Kings Arms, Dec 7th

Cornerstone Roots, Batucada Sound System, Unity Pacific, Dam Native + Lots more

Conscientising and Mobailizing the masses: A fundraiser event for those effected by events post Oct 15th

Please forward to your networks

Mauriora!

Kiritapu Allan
Conscious Collaborations
www.conscious.maori.nz
+64 21 0256 5068

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"Acts of resistance in the past were steps on a journey. That journey is
not easy but when our tipuna decided to sail across the greatest ocean in
the world to get here, that journey was not easy.

"Constitutional resistance is a journey to towards hope."

INDIGENOUS hip hop reggae crews unite for SOLID TERRITORY

Press Release: SOLID TERRITORY

SOLID TERRITORY jams express solidarity for the Aboriginal peoples of
the Northern Territory (NT)– in the spirit of Indigenous Self
Determination and unity. It brings together conscious and creative
crews to express solidarity given the recent military driven - land
grabbing attack on Indigenous Self Determination.

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Maori and other hip hop reggae
crews join forces to express outrage at the recent 'Trojan horse'
tactics of the Federal Government in Australia. Local crews join
forces with hip hop legends Upper Hutt Posse, Revolution MC's and Miss
bMe coming all the way from Aotearoa/NZ!

Local mob include The Last Kinnection, Street Warriors, Wire MC,
Nadeena Dixon, Honesty, Djaypun Inc, MC Liquid, The Whitehouse with
interstate guests Zennith (Qld) One Blood Hidden Image (TSI) and Dizzy
D (Qld). It promises to fire up some seriously solid hip hop and
reggae flavours – true south pacific songs of solidarity.

a Creative Combat and Conscious Collaborations joint force
for more info see:
http://www.conscious.maori.nz/solid.html

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Media Contacts
[Sydney]
Jason De Santolo  jason.desantolo@gmail.com  0416747910 (Int + 61
416747910)

[Newcastle]
Adriana Rios blackchiliproductions@hotmail.com  04022354382 (Int + 61
402235382)
Bud Kelly -  craybob@hotmail.com 0411754896 (Int +61 411754896)

[Melbourne]
Moses Iten moizapata@yahoo.com.mx 0410112049 (int + 61 410112049)

[Aotearoa / New Zealand]
Teanau Tuiono teanau.tuiono@gmail.com NZ 063587340 (Int +64 63587340


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[Newcastle]
Blakchili Productions presents:
a SOLID TERRITORY jam
Thursday OCT 11th 2007, 8pm
Bar on the Hill, University of Newcastle
Zennith, The Last Kinnection, Street Warriors
+ Special Guests
www.myspace.com/blackchiliproductions

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[Melbourne]
Combat Wombat presents:
a SOLID TERRITORY jam
Ding Dong Lounge, MELBOURNE City
Thursday OCTOBER 11TH
Upper Hutt Posse, Combat Wombat, Uber Lingua DJs.
Starting early 8PM FOR THE OFFICIAL MOVIE LAUNCH
COST $12/$10
www.combatwombat.org/combatwombat/

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[Sydney]
justUS and Byalla presents:
a SOLID TERRITORY jam
Friday OCT 12th 2007
BAKBONE - 6pm +
The Glasshouse Bar, UTS Tower Level 3, Broadway
(Gold Coin Donation Entry)
The Last Kinnection, Upper Hutt Posse, Street Warriors, Wire MC
Zennith, Revolution MC's, One Blood Hidden Image, Dizzy D,
Djaypun Inc, Miss bMe, Honesty, The Whitehouse, The Sandridge Band,
MC Liquid, Nadeena Dixon.
www.conscious.maori.nz


[Sydney]
justUS and Byalla presents:
Ngaatahi Film Showing
4pm screening of Te Kupu's Rapumentary - 'Ngaatahi - Know the Links',
Room 3, Level 5, Bon Marche Building, UTS, Broadway
www.tekupu.com

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We warmly acknowledge our support partners: JustUS, Byalla, Tribal
Warrior Blakchilli Productions, Street Warriors, Zennith, UTS Union,
Jumbunna Research Unit - UTS, Umulliko - University of Newcastle,
National Indigenous Times, Combat Wombat, Metro Screen, Survival Café,
Breakout DesignPrintWeb, Waralungku Arts.

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Conscious Collaborations
TUIA  TANGATA, TUIA  TUMANAKO
healing our histories, cultivating strong communities

Inia Taylor Moko Artist

Tufuga ta tatau Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo did my malu (as the Tufunga from his Aiga have done for many generations in my family ) in 1990 great to see Inia give him a shout out,Paulo will be forever remembered and respected.

In the past, the traditional tattoo of Samoan women, called malu, was performed on young women somewhere between the ages of fourteen and twenty-five. These women were important members of a family whose special role was celebrated by marking the body. Today, fewer women wear malu, and there are no firm restrictions regarding who may wear one and when it should be applied. Malu is placed primarily on the thighs and knees, but it can also be found on the lower abdomen, wrists and hands. Like pe'a, malu is bilaterally symmetrical, but the design is sparser, almost lacey, containing linear motifs arranged in vertical, horizontal, and diagonal rows. While men and women share many tattoo motifs, the lozenge-shaped motif called malu is limited to women. Significantly, it is often the first motif applied by the tufunga ta tatau, placed behind the knee joint.

Malu means to protect. While women's tattoo may have had protective significance in the past, today it is discussed in terms of family status and cultural commitment. When a women is preparing to get her malu, she (and often family and friends) will be interviewed by the tattoo artist (tufuga ta tatau) to determine the motifs to be used and their proper placement, so that the finished design will correctly express the family history and personality of the wearer. Similar design personalization through personal interview is also the protocol for men preparing for their pe'a. Since most Samoan women keep their legs covered below the knee, malu is rarely visible in public. Rather it is primarily seen when dancing or sitting cross-legged to make the ceremonial drink 'ava, making the permanent commitment to culture directly relevant to ceremonial events. Although seen on fewer women today, tattoo masters who perform the malu on women state that it is of equal importance as the male pe'a, and that they are worn today for similar reasons

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Internal Ash

This is Arika's exhibition of photos from Camp Sovereignty! - you might remember the controversy. Would be great if lots of people attended.
I will definitely be there will bells on. Hope to see you there.
:) (thnx to clare for the panui)