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Donna Awatere's Maori sovereignty

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Donna Awatere's <em>Maori sovereignty</em>

The cover of Donna Awatere's 1984 book shows kuia (women elders) of Tai Tokerau at Waitangi National Marae on 6 February 1975. The book had originally been published in parts in the feminist journal Broadsheet. It developed a powerful argument about the costs to Māori of cultural imperialism and the importance of indigenous peoples recovering their own cultures.

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Broadsheet

Reference: Donna Awatere Huata, Maori sovereignty. Auckland: Broadsheet, 1984.

by John Miller

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Jock Phillips, Ideas in New Zealand – Identity politics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/45511/donna-awateres-maori-sovereignty (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 3 June 2014.