Story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women

Mihi Kōtukutuku

Mihi Kōtukutuku

Mihi Kōtukutuku (later Stirling) was a high-born woman of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou descent. She is among the cohort of East Coast women who are renowned for speaking on the marae.

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Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, 'Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women - Women of rank', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/31564/mihi-kotukutuku (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, published 5 May 2011, updated 1 Jun 2017