Whina Cooperi
Born 9 Dec 1895

Te Rarawa leader Whina Cooper founded the Māori Women's Welfare League in 1951 and at 79 led the 1975 land march from Northland to Parliament under the slogan "not one more acre". The march helped create pressure for the Waitangi Tribunal, set up the same year.

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