He Rerenga Kōrero

[1993 is the centennial year of women's suffrage in New Zealand and also the United Nations' Year of Indigenous Peoples.

To mark the occasion, the Waiatarau- Freeman's Bay branch of Te Rōpu Wāhine Toka i te Ora (The Māori Women's Welfare League) in collaboration with Te Reo O Aotearoa, devised a radio series called "Maioha", looking at the lives and accomplishments of a number of Māori women.

Interviews were made in both Māori and English. The interviewers were Puhi Rangiaho, Tawini Rangihau, Hemana Waaka and Hēnare te Ua.]

In this episode of the "Maioha" series, Patricia Edwards of Auckland speaks with Hēnare Te Ua.

She is a successful Māori business woman who owns a screen-printing and Māori design business.

Of Māori/Irish/Polish/French cultural backgrounds, it wasn't until she was in her late twenties that she found her present direction.