About this research
Intern
Ngaronoa Kainamu-Davis, Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka
Supervisor
Dr Joeliee Seed-Pihama, The University of Waikato
Overview
In 1993 the first Mana Wāhine Claim was lodged, and this gave rise to 170 or so related claims that were brought together to form the Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry. The purpose of the internship project was to support the issues raised by claims in the inquiry and to supplement research commissioned by the Tribunal. The internship contributes to a broader research project, Pou Hine: Whenua me Te Ao Tūroa – Mana Wahine, land, and environment, being undertaken as a collaborative project by a team of wāhine Māori researchers.
This internship case study analysis, Wāhine Mā Kōrerotia, tracked kōrero between wāhine Māori concerning their protests against whenua confiscation and desecration by the Crown. This tracking was done through an analysis of the Pākehā-established feminist magazine Broadsheet as a primary source of literature, between the years of November 1979 – November 1984. Central to the considerations within this analysis was how and why wāhine Māori engaged in whenua protection through protest, and how this was expressed within Broadsheet magazine.
This research analysed kōrero by wāhine Māori on whenua protection and protest, as expressed in Broadsheet magazine (1979–1984). It contributes to the Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry by examining how wāhine Māori challenged land desecration and Crown confiscation, and how their activism was represented in feminist media.
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