Hikoi

Forty Years of M?ori Protest

Author: Aroha Harris

This book provides a glimpse of the fruits of the contemporary M?ori protest ‘movement’ – the Waitangi Tribunal and the opportunity to prepare, present and negotiate Treaty settlements; M?ori language made an official language; M?ori-medium education.

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What have Maori been protesting about? What has been achieved? This book provides an overview of the contemporary Maori protest 'movement', a summary of the rationale behind the actions, and a wonderful collection of photographs of the action u the protests, the marches and the toil behind the scenes. And it provides a glimpse of the fruits of that protest u the Waitangi Tribunal and the opportunity to prepare, present and negotiate Treaty settlements; Maori language made an official language; Maori-medium education; Maori health providers; iwi radio and, in 2004, Maori television.

Critic Reviews

"'At least one lesson of Hikoi 2004 is clear: rather than never repeating, history is fated to repeat, and repeat again, until its lessons are learned.' - Aroha Harris"

About the Author

Aroha Harris (Nga Puhi, Te Rarawa) is a writer, researcher and historian. She is a three-time finalist in the Awards for Maori Writers. Henry Campbell uses a funky and interesting style of illustration, building up a very textured picture with bright colours, lots of detail and plenty of hidden objects for children to pick out as they read. His work is certain to delight any reader.

More on this Book

This is a photographic history of Maori protest from the 1960s to the Hikoi of 2004. Included are demonstrations involving apartheid South Africa, the Land March of 1975, and the occupations of Raglan, Bastion Point, and Pakaitore. By and large the photographs chosen illustrate both the issues and the passions involved, and the book serves to remind the reader of the importanace of the right to protest and the influence which that right, responsibily exercised, can have.