Hinemoa Ruataupare Awatere

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whakaue

Te Whānau a Hinetāpora, Ngāti Roro o Te Rangi



‘Hinemoa was trained in the art of the taiaha by Dr Pita Sharples. She describes this kaupapa as enabling women to express their own taua wahine side and to make a statement about being strong. A graduate of Auckland University, Hinemoa has worked as a policy analyst in both the Ministry of Māori Development and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. She currently works as a consultant policy analyst.’

Biographical sources

  • Toi Wāhine: The Worlds of Māori Women. Illus. Robyn Kahukiwa. Ed. Kathie Irwin and Irihapeti Ramsden. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1995. 137.

    Non-fiction

  • "Mauri Oho, Mauri Ora." Toi Wāhine: The Worlds of Māori Women. Illus. Robyn Kahukiwa. Ed. Kathie Irwin and Irihapeti Ramsden. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1995. 31-38.
  • In this text of Hinemoa Awatere’s speech at the Second World Indigenous Youth Conference at Larrakia Country, Darwin, Australia, 5-10 July 1993, she provides an account of the role and contribution of Māori women in traditional and contemporary society, and discusses issues of equality, stereotypes, and role models.
  • Awatere: A Soldier’s Story. Ed. Hinemoa Ruataupare Awatere. Wellington, N.Z.: Huia, 2003.
  • Contains autobiography, poetry, waiata and essays by Arapeta Awatere.