Toi wāhine
Subtitle: the worlds of Māori women
By: illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa ; edited by Kathie Irwin and Irihapeti Ramsden.
Contributors: Kahukiwa, Robyn.; Irwin, Kathie.; Ramsden, Irihapeti, 1946-
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z; New York
Language: eng; mao
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Women, Maori -- Social conditions.; Women, Maori -- Ethnic identity.; Women, Maori -- Literary collections.
Description: Stories written by Maori women in their own words, this beautiful book is a clear celebration of te mana o nga wahine maori. It is a rich, powerful exposition exploring the realities of Maori women's lives. Table of contents: * He Haka ma te Wahine (Mihipeka Edwards) * Introductions: Te Ihi, Te Wehi, Te Mana o nga Wahine Maori (Kathie Irwin) * Te Timatanga (Mihipeka Edwards) * Aunty Hilda and Granny Roka / Tiny as a Piwakawaka / Tipuna Wahine Toa / Taranaki Aunties (Teremoana Pehimana) * Know the Roots that Hold You (Deirdre Nehua) * 'Get Real' (Paparangi Reid) * Mauri Oho, Mauri Ora (Hinemona Awatere) * Ruth / Priorities (Bub Bridger) * Broken Peace-s (Mereana Pitman) * Whaia e Koe te iti Kahurangi (Everdina Fuli) * Daddy and Me (Powhiri Rika-Heke) * Wongie / Charlie / Baby in Wellington / No Karakia (Hinewirangi) * everyone can see / love me / in the night / they pretend / it's enough / that Maori girl / Papatuanuku / in her mouth (Roma Potiki) * What Counts as Difference and What Differences Count: Gender, Race and the Politics of Difference (Patricia Johnston and Leonie Pihama) * Something Important (Patricia Grace) * Dear Mrs Government (Keri Kaa) * Taku Heitiki Pounamu (Piatarihi Yates) * Coming Right / O Tatou Roimata / Ka Kite / They've Taken Away Our Hongi (Briar Grace Smith) * Car Waiting / Going Back There (Briar Grace Smith) * Own the Past and Create the Future (Irihapeti Ramsden) * Maori Women in Educational Policy, 1960 - 1991: A Discourse Analysis (Elizabeth McKinley) * Arohanui / On Kaiti Hill (Monica Ratcliffe) * Seek the Seeds for the Greatest Good of All People (Dame Mira Szaszy).
Notes: In English with some Māori.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143).
"Fiction and non-fiction, autobiography, analysis, poems and speeches, haka, poi and kōrero"--Back cover.
Contributors: Mihipeka Edwards, Kathie Irwin, Teremoana Pehimana, Deidre Nehua, Paparangi Reid, Hinemoa Awatere, Bub Bridger, Mereana Pitman, Everdina Fuli, Powhiri Rika-Heke, Hinewirangi, Roma Potiki, Patricia Johnston, Leonie Pihama, Patricia Grace, Keri Kaa, Piatarihi Yates, Briar Grace Smith, Irihapeti Ramsden, Elizabeth McKinley, Monica Ratcliffe, Mira Szászy.