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Story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations

Whina Cooper and her moko

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Whina Cooper and her moko

This iconic shot of Whina Cooper with her mokopuna, three-year-old Irene Cooper, was taken as they set off to Wellington from the Far North on the hīkoi, the land march, in 1975.

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Ngapare Hopa, Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations – Protest organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29689/whina-cooper-and-her-moko (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ngapare Hopa, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.