Tūhoe kaumātua led another peaceful protest in Taneatua on Monday.
Up to 100 chairs lined the hill facing the building of Te Uru Taumatua, the Tūhoe iwi governing board.
It was the second protest by the Tūhoe council of elders against leadership that's been described as "dictatorship" by one kaumatua, Paki Nikora.
"We were put into structuring committees seven years ago and when settlement came along, they didn't ask us our view," Nikora said.
"They told us exactly how it was going to be and now we've got a dictator running everything within the iwi. He then becomes the go-to person for the crown."