Hinengaro Davis "was the first woman sentenced to prison after a Springbok Tour conviction. She was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment after a trial for unlawful assembly in Marlborough Street on 12 September 1981, the day of the final test between the Springboks and All Blacks."
Biographical sources
- Te Ao Mārama: Regaining Aotearoa: Māori Writers Speak Out. Volume 2: He Whakaatanga O Te Ao: The Reality. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing Eds: Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 98.
Other
- "Hinengaro Davis." Broadsheet 103 (1982): 17. Rpt. as "Letter from Prison." Te Ao Mārama: Regaining Aotearoa: Māori Writers Speak Out. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 2: He Whakaatanga O Te Ao: The Reality. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 98.
- Davis writes of Māori protesters being tried for supposed "aggressive and violent crimes" during their anti-Tour demonstrations, and of New Zealand’s international reputation being "severely bruised" because of the Tour. She vows to continue on with the Māori struggle against injustice.