Ngahuia te Awekotuku “was at the forefront of the women’s liberation movement in New Zealand. Her feminist principles were firmly rooted in a longstanding Māori women’s movement. She grew up surrounded by ‘a community of the most ferociously feminist women’. In 1971, while at Auckland University, Ngahuia and other students banded together to protest against the lack of progress since women won the vote in 1893. The group staged a mock funeral procession in Albert Park. This attracted widespread media attention but the Auckland Star trivialised their efforts, labelling them ‘attractive young things from women’s lib’; other media focused on the ‘bra-burning’ myth.”