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Rapaki Wahine Whakamaumahara: Memories of the Rapaki branch Maori Women's Welfare League

20 November 2023

By Libby Plumridge

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(Out of print)

July 2008
$19.95
72pp, Paperback
A5, B&W photos
ISBN: 978-1-877257-64-3

For women living in the isolated rural settlement of Rapaki, Banks Peninsula, in the mid-20th century, the Maori Women's Welfare League was a godsend.

League meetings provided an opportunity for women to meet other women – Maori and Pakeha – within their own community and further afield, and develop skills that assisted their whanau and community.

Rapaki Wahine Whakamaumahara

Over the years it became clear that there was a need to capture the memories of the early days of the Rapaki Maori Women's Welfare League before they were lost forever as foundation members passed on.

Dr Libby Plumridge, a member of the Rapaki branch since the 1980s, set about interviewing members. The fascinating and heart-warming stories she has collected here record the experiences of members from the beginnings of the league in the 1950s to the present day.

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