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Directions - Neville Glasgow, National Radio, Wellington
Presenter - Neville Glasgow
Interviewees - C808 - Mira Szaszy/Shirley Smith & C809 - Greg Newbold/Maaka Jones
(Documents)
Program descriptions from cassette sleeves;
C808 - Side 1
Mira Szaszy's advocacy of the right of Māori woman to speak on the Marae has brought her considerable criticism.
New Zealand's first Māori woman university graduate, she has spent a lifetime seeking to help Māori women.
She talks about her personal journey and her search to find meaning in life.
C808 - Side 2
Lawyer Shirley Smith is the widow of one of New Zealand's most controversial figures, Dr Bill Sutch.
As a defender of gang members in the courts she's no stranger to controversy herself.
She was born into privilege but at an early age became a communist.
Her political beliefs coupled with a strong Presbyterian background have given her a strong sense of purpose.
C809 - Side 1
In 1975 Greg Newbold was sent to prison for dealing in drugs and spent five and a half years at Paremoremo and Hautu prisons.
Inside he found great strength in the sense of community of the prison imates themselves.
He is now a sociologist and an expert on prisons and penal policy.
C809 - Side 2
Maaka Jones is a registered tohunga and minister of the Ringatu Church.
She is also a teacher of Māori at the Correspondence School and is widely consulted about many aspects of Maoritanga.
It is her position of tohunga that plays the central role in her life.