crown because Young Nick’s Head, or Te Kuri as we know it, is our equivalent to Hikurangi for Ngati Porou and Aorangi or Aoraki for Ngāi Tahu. It is our mountain, it is what identifies us as an iwi and we have some real issues about what’s going to happen to it in the future.". Ngai Tamanuhri tribal members led by Wyllie conducted a protest march and pitched their tents on the grounds of New Zealand Parliament. He later lost his mandate as iwi spokesperson after he filed a judicial application to overturn Michael Cullen's decision to approve the sale of the landmark. Young Nicks Head was consequently sold to American millionaire John Griffin. References 1954 births Living people Ngāi Tāmanuhiri people Rongowhakaata people Ngāti Ruapani people People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School Māori All Blacks players New Zealand international rugby union players New Zealand sportsperson-politicians Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand First MPs New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates Victoria University of Wellington alumni 21st-century New Zealand politicians Halbert-Kohere family Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from the Gisborne Region