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Biography: Wark, Elizabeth Cecilia (Betty)

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Bibliography

Connor, Helene. ‘Creating a heart politics for community development: the legacy of Whāea Betty Wark’. Pacific Journal of Community Development. 1, No. 1, May 2015, 39–46.

Connor, Helene. ‘The paradox of absent mothers: women who are both mothers and public figures or activists’. Hecate. 36, Nos 1 & 2, 2010, 213.

Connor, Helene. ‘Whaea Betty Wark: from uncertain beginnings to honoured community worker’. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 123, No. 2, June 2014, 209–222.

Connor, D.H. ‘Writing ourselves “home”: biographical texts: a method for contextualizing the lives of wahine Māori: locating the story of Betty Wark.’ PhD thesis, Auckland, 2006.

Give me a love. (television documentary). Producer: W. Saunders. TV1, 1986.

Hobbs, M. Kiwi tucker for the soul: New Zealanders creating the spirit of our nation. Christchurch, 2000.

How to cite this page

Helene Connor. 'Wark, Elizabeth Cecilia (Betty)', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/230688/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).