Biography: Cooper, Whina

Whina Cooper, president of the Māori Women's Welfare League, at its 1953 conference

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios

Reference: 1/2-040176; F (NPS-A31014)

Photograph by T. Ransfield

How to cite this page

Michael King. 'Cooper, Whina', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/385/whina-cooper-president-of-the-maori-womens-welfare-league-at-its-1953-conference (accessed 14 June 2026).