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… Whina Cooper was born Hōhepine (Josephine) Te Wake at Te Karaka in … Pauro Kawatihi, was of Te Rarawa and Taranaki descent. Whina was the first child of her father’s second marriage. … officer for the Tai Tokerau district, William Turakiuta Cooper of Ngāti Kahungunu, was, like Ngata, erudite in his …
Type: Biography
… William Turakiuta Cooper (sometimes known as Wiremu Te Apatū Cooper) was born … conference in 1932 William Cooper had met Hohepine (Whina) Gilbert , née Te Wake. Whina became his adviser at Hokianga and she in turn valued … Cooper, William Turakiuta …
Type: Biography
… Atairangikaahu, and land-rights activists Eva Rickard and Whina Cooper. …
Type: Story Front
… Māori political leaders James Carroll, Apirana Ngata and Whina Cooper – as well as, more recently, Pita Sharples and Pākehā …
Type: Story Front
… the country, with 300 branches formed within five years. Whina Cooper was the first president, and Mira Szászy the first … most outspoken land-rights campaigners of the 1970s were Whina Cooper and Eva Rickard. Cooper, at the age of 79, led …
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Part of story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women
… Kare Pauro Kawatihi. Their first child was Hōhepine (Whina), born in 1895; a second daughter, Heretute, was born in 1897. In 1914 Whina took a leading role in opposing the attempt of a … His daughter Whina became the prominent Māori leader Whina Cooper , who launched the Māori Women's Welfare League in …
Type: Biography
… investitures of Sir Graham Latimer (Ngāti Kahu) and Dame Whina Cooper (Te Rarawa) were targeted as part of the Waitangi Day …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
… and from 1963 to 1965 Rachael worked with Te Rarawa leader Whina Cooper to raise funds to establish Te Ūnga Waka, the …
Type: Biography
… In 1886 over 50% of Māori who died were children. When Whina Te Wake (later Whina Cooper) was born in the 1890s, 25% of Māori girls died …
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Part of story: Death rates and life expectancy
… of Waitangi. Like Ngata, Peter Buck , Te Puea Hērangi and Whina Cooper , he was one of the new generation of Māori leaders …
Type: Biography
… 1970s, about loss of land and culture. In 1975, led by Dame Whina Cooper , Māori from all over the country walked the length …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori
… biographies of Te Puea Hērangi ( Te Puea , 1977) and Whina Cooper ( Whina , 1983). In the mid-1980s, mindful of a call to let …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Non-fiction
… 1975, under the leadership of Te Rarawa and Taranaki kuia Whina Cooper , Māori marched from the far north to Parliament in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi
… time remained high. In 1944 he was invited to Panguru by Whina Cooper of Te Rarawa to plan and carve her house. He brought … In spite of the custom which prohibited women carvers, Whina herself took a hand in the carving. Following her …
Type: Biography
… iwi. Around 40% of them live in Auckland. Lost in the city Whina Cooper, a Māori leader from Northland, moved to Auckland in …
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Part of story: Northland region
… kererū are known in the north) for community leader Dame Whina Cooper on her deathbed. However, in the 2000s, a number of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching
… as ‘sovereignty’. Mana wahine Māori women such as Whina Cooper, Eva Rickard, Ripeka Evans and Donna Awatere were …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… near Ōpōtiki, on 11 July 1912, the son of William Turakiuta Cooper of Ngāti Kahungunu , a licensed interpreter, and … Society, where he worked closely with Arapeta Awatere and Whina Cooper . The society’s goal was to build a marae for urban …
Type: Biography
… Rātana movement. He was helped in his electoral work by Whina Cooper and her husband, William . In 1932 the gift of the …
Type: Biography
… and effective protests such as the 1975 hīkoi led by Whina Cooper. Through these protests, Māori (and their non-Māori …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Biculturalism