There are always at least two stories that emerge when students on a course
are split into separate ethnic groups. This is the story of the Maori wome
n academics who taught and tutored Maori, Pacific Islands and Asian women i
n a university course exploring feminism and matauranga wahine (women's kno
wledge) (see Jones, this issue). They tell of their own experiences and als
o what they saw happening to students who were facilitated in exploring the
ir own cultural stories before encountering white feminism. They also talk
of their experience of teaching non-Maori students.