TY - BOOK AU - Te Awekotuku,Ngahuia TI - Hine toa: a story of bravery SN - 9781775542322 U1 - 323.092 23 PY - 2024/// CY - Auckland PB - HarperCollins KW - Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. KW - Māori (New Zealand people) KW - Biography KW - Political activists KW - New Zealand KW - College teachers N2 - "In the 1950s, a young Ngāhuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whānau dismiss her dreams. To them, she is just a show-off, always getting into trouble, talking back and running away. In this fiery memoir about identity and belonging, Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku describes what was possible for a restless working-class girl from the pā. After moving to Auckland for university, Ngāhuia advocates resistance as a founding member of Ngā Tamatoa and the Women's and Gay Liberation movements, becoming a critical voice in protests from Waitangi to the streets of Wellington"--Publisher information ER -