Trailblazers In The Long White Cloud
Meet the Trailblazers: 125 Kiwi women who changed the world. Explore their extraordinary stories. Eva Rickard was a champion of Māori land rights EVA RICKARD Māori activist 1925-1997 Champion of Māori land rights Eva Rickard was an influential figure in both calls for addressing Māori land rights grievances and also backing women's rights within Māoridom. Rickard's greatest stand came over a 62-acre plot of land near Raglan, which was confiscated by the Government during World War II for the purpose of a military airfield. While that development never went ahead, the land was not given back to iwi. Instead it was developed into a public golf course in 1969.