ABSTRACT
This chapter critically examines the educational and schooling processes within which Maori women, the indigenous women of New Zealand struggle to resist colonization and maintain cultural authenticity. Schools are important sites of resistance for Maori people. Maori issues in education are contested by the media, by politicians, by educational experts and by Maori people themselves. Maori women who play a critical role in education have been active in keeping Maori educational issues on the national agenda. They have also been active in their attempts to work out viable solutions to the crisis in Maori education. It is this latter role in particular which this chapter will examine.
