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Haurongo: Wark, Elizabeth Cecilia (Betty)

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Rārangi pukapuka

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Helene Connor. 'Wark, Elizabeth Cecilia (Betty)', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/230688/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).