Ngahuia te Awekotuku

Hine Toa (eBook, ePUB)

An extraordinary memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An extraordinary memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements

In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered into a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whanau dismiss her dreams. To them she is just a show-off, always getting into trouble, talking back, experimenting in sexual trespass and running away.

In this fiery and inspiring memoir, Ngahuia te Awekotuku describes what was possible for a restless working-class girl from the pa. After moving to Auckland for university, Ngahuia meets her people among the creatives and outliers. She advocates resistance as a founding member of Nga Tamatoa and the Women's and Gay Liberation movements, becoming a critical voice in protests from Waitangi to the streets of Wellington.

Hine Toa is an extraordinary memoir about identity and belonging: the story of a girl who grew up with the odds stacked against her but who had the resilience and courage to carve a path of her own.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781775492634
• Artikelnr.: 69093079

Autorenporträt

Ngahuia te Awekotuku (Te Arawa, Tuhoe, Ngapuhi, Waikato) is the first female Maori Emeritus Professor from a university, with degrees from the University of Auckland and University of Waikato. An Emeritus Professor, she has worked as a curator, lecturer, critic, researcher and governor in the heritage and university sectors. She is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and a Fellow of the Auckland War Memorial Museum. She has returned to the pa, and serves on the Paepae Tapu o Ngati Whakaue. She loves cats and chocolate.