Shona Hickey’s family come from the Chatham Islands. Shona has worked as a teacher and as Education Investigation Adviser for the Race Relations Office in Christchurch. She wrote the newsletter for the Ngai Tahi Trust Board from 1987-88.
Biographical sources
- "The Race Relations Office: Shona Hickey." Interviewed by Raina Tutaki and Kathleen Gallagher. Race Gender Class 8 (1989): 83-89.
Other
- "The Race Relations Office: Shona Hickey." Interviewed by Raina Tutaki and Kathleen Gallagher. Race Gender Class 8 (1989): 83-89.
- This interview begins with a summary in Māori and English of the scope, definition and authority of the New Zealand Race Relations Act which came into force in 1971. Hickey provides a history of the Race Relations Office, discusses its relationship with the Human Rights Commission, and outlines the nature of her job and the types of problems she deals with.
- "Mana Māori." Race Gender Class 14 (1992): 9-14.
- Hickey discusses her work in the Race Relations Office and comments on many issues surrounding Māori/Pakeha relations. She describes the establishment of a kura kaupapa in Christchurch and outlines the challenges of providing Māori language education.
Other
- Dunbar, Anna. "Māoris ‘Should Determine Own Destiny’." The Press 11 May 1993: 4.