Eva Rickard
(1925 – 1997)
Tuaiwa Hautai Eva Rickard of Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa, Tainui and Taranaki was a New Zealand activist for Māori land rights and for women's rights within Māoridom, best known for leading the occupation of the Raglan golf course in the 1970s. During the Second World War, Te Kōpua papakaingā was destroyed to make way for an aerodrome and Māori landowners were evicted — after the war the land was not returned, but turned into a golf course. Eva led a long decade-long struggle to win it back, and in 1978 she was arrested for a sit-in protest. Television images of her arrest were a defining moment, and in the end the cause was victorious. Ko ia tētahi o ngā wahine toa o Aotearoa.
Eva Rickard
uaiwa (Eva) Rickard (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa, Tainui, Taranaki), was born in 1925 at Te Kōpua, Raglan. She is perhaps best known for leading the 1978 Raglan golf course protest.
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