He reo wāhine : Māori women's voices from the nineteenth century / Lachy Paterson and Angela Wanhalla.

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Published: Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2017.
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Wanhalla, Angela (Compiler, Author)
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Format: Electronic eBook
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Voice, text and the colonial archive
  • 1. 'I am a woman who wrote this letter': land sales
  • 2. 'I am pierced by war's alarm': accounts of war
  • 3. 'I am living here a stranger on this land': Raupatu and compensation
  • 4. 'Look at me, I am just a woman speaking': politics and mana
  • 5. 'I will not desist from writing to you': Māori women's petitions
  • 6. 'I am the prosecutrix in this case': legal encounters and Testamentary Acts
  • 7. 'If I die, I am dying for the Lord': religion
  • 8. 'I am burning like fire': private matters
  • Epilogue: 'I am writing to you for you to hear'.