He Reo Wahine

He Reo Wāhine makes for fascinating reading bringing together as it does a wide range of nineteenth-century Māori women’s voices out from colonial archives and in to the public purview. The extensive quotes, excerpts and wholesale reproductions of texts which fill many of He Reo Wāhine‘s pages make for a rich, generative reading experience which is carefully guided by the authors’ narrative. – Arini Loader, Victoria University of Wellington

The manuscript presents a rich and ranging collection of Māori women speaking from the nineteenth-century archive. The hopes, the persistence, the effort to set down a cause are all apparent in the words of women presented in these pages. It is in various measures an inspiring, instructive and agonising read. – Charlotte Macdonald, Victoria University of Wellington

[The authors] are really asking the question, what would New Zealand history look like if they began with Māori women’s words, speeches, evidence and testomonies? And the book is a real revelation because it’s interesting to read a book about New Zealand history where the familiar narratives of things are there, but the lived experiences of Māori women are foregrounded – Peter Diamond, Radio NZ

A bold work that rediscovers the lost voices of Maori women in nineteenth-century New Zealand through their own words – the speeches, letters and testimonies that show a vibrant culture of powerful and learned women.

• | Author: Paterson Lachy
• | Publisher: Auckland University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 21, 2017
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781869408664
• | ISBN-10: 1869408667