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Urewera - High profile artists ask "Who are the real terrorists?"

Thursday 1 March 2012, 12:04PM

By New Zealand Fine Prints

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Yeah Right by Otis Frizzell & Mike Weston
Yeah Right by Otis Frizzell & Mike Weston Credit: Weston Frizzell

AUCKLAND

When news of the arrest of Tuhoe activist Tame Iti under NZ's anti-terrorism laws reached the Auckland pop art studio of Otis Frizzell & Mike Weston they were "really shocked, as were most people who knew Tame".

There has been a long and artistically productive collaboration between the veteran Maori activist and the two high profile artists.

With a series of four prints Weston and Frizzell are asking "Who are the real terrorists?".

Weston says "The government were looking for a chance to flex their new draconian laws that had been created in response to US foreign policy bullying and Tame copped the full force of it."

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http://blog.prints.co.nz/2012/02/weston-frizzell-ask-who-are-real.html