Eva Rickard lived in raglan that is why she fought for the right of her home and the maoris land between the government and herself.
Eva Rickard fought because she wanted to save her home and she is the women who stand up for the Maori land near her home raglan because the government was trying to take over the Maori land cause they wanted to build a airfield for their aircraft's to take off in WWII.
Eva Rickard was born on 19 April 1925 and died on 6 December 1997.