In the 1970s statistics for Māori women were dire; most left school unqualified, they earned less money, and died years earlier than their Pākehā sisters. In this fourth episode of 1977 series Women, wāhine toa advocate for change. Psychologist (and future MP) Donna Awatere Huata discusses how New Zealand institutions are failing wāhine Māori. Solo mum (and future filmmaker) Merata Mita speaks powerfully about how sexist and racist attitudes forced her to become "a liar and a cheat" in order to house her kids. Activist Eva Rickard encourages Māori women to reclaim traditional skills, like hunting.