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Story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities

Wāhine toa: Donna Awatere and Ripeka Evans

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Wāhine toa: Donna Awatere and Ripeka Evans

Prominent Māori radicals of the 1970s and 1980s, Donna Awatere (left) and Ripeka Evans graced the cover of the feminist magazine Broadsheetin October 1982. Both were members of the pioneering radical organisation Ngā Tamatoa. Awatere later published Maori sovereignty,an influential text for the Māori protest movement. From the 1980s Evans held senior positions in a variety of public agencies.

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Broadsheet

Reference: Broadsheet 103 (October, 1982)

by Gil Hanly

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Rawiri Taonui, Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities – Māori renaissance, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/29815/wahine-toa-donna-awatere-and-ripeka-evans (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawiri Taonui, published 19 April 2011, updated 1 June 2017.