This thesis argues that the introduction of religion, politics and education positioned Māori women as subservient and silenced them through re-interpreting and invisibly their roles and positions within Aotearoa (New Zealand). Imperialism and colonisation created binary positions that negatively characterised Māori women in terms of race (Māori/Pākehā), gender (Women/Men) and matrices of Māori/Pākehā/Women/Men. Binaries of opposition allowed for Māori women to be identifiable as different, lesser, and often as the 'other' or his other. This has been casual to Māori women being marginalised within New Zealand.