Tame Iti's health kick

Tame Iti dons the lycra, while others stick to more traditional transport. Picture / Andrew Warner

Maori activist Tame Iti is going easy on the food and gearing up in lycra as he prepares for the 100km Hamilton to Auckland cycle challenge.

The 55-year-old Tuhoe kaumatua, better known for his protests, confesses to being a food addict and says his favourite meal is "fermented puha with a whakamarama [scattering] of mutton bird juice and natural sea salt". Just talking about it made his mouth water.

And as for the lycra cycling shorts, Mr Iti reckons they make him look like a professional.

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