would only be to compile a registry of unemployed women. Because of the perception that many Māori women participated in prostitution, Soljak pressed for training to combat their economic hardships and the social ostracism they experienced in the workplace. She stressed that Māori women and girls had civil rights and should be able to choose their own employment and be free of exploitation. She pointed out that Māori women often had to take whatever work they could find. This was borne out in an inquiry undertaken by the Labour Department at the insistence of the Akarana Maori Association, which found few instances of immorality among Maori girls and women, but noted they had difficulty earning enough to provide for themselves and their families. She suggested that hostels be established to train Māori women in child care, domestic service, and nursing. Soljak was involved in the pacifist movement, as well as advocating for sex education and programmes to address maternal and child mortality, child welfare, and payments to mothers to recognise their contributions to the nation through raising children. She began working as a freelance journalist and was a sought-after public speaker, though her style was hard-hitting and confrontational. In 1928, Soljak was elected president of the Auckland women's branch of the Labour Party and re-elected to the post in 1929. The Soljaks separated in 1929, primarily because Peter did not agree with her radical politics and the people with whom she was associating. The following year, she sought a legal separation, but Peter refused to agree, denying Soljak alimony or child maintenance. Working with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom between 1930 and 1931, she led an initiative to assist women in Samoa. She condemned the suppression of Samoa's pro-independence Mau movement in 1930, and was at odds with the Labour Party hierarchy over the issue. After she wrote an article in May, which was published in the Samoa Guardian protesting searches of the homes of independence leaders, she was ousted from the women's branch of the Labour Party. She then aligned with the Communist Party of New Zealand and joined other radical organisations. After being counselled by a priest that family size could be controlled by abstinence, Soljak left the Catholic church and began campaigning for women to be able to gain access to contraception and family planning. Using the pen name "Zealandia", she wrote a series