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    Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE (born Hōhepine Te Wake; 9 December 1895 – 26 March 1994) was a New Zealand kuia (Māori elder), who worked for many years for...
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  • Whina or Āwhina is a Māori female given name meaning "helper". Whina or Āwhina may refer to: Dame Whina Cooper, New Zealand Māori activist Awhina Tamarapa...
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  • Whina is a New Zealand biographical film about the life of Whina Cooper. Written by James Lucas, James Napier Robertson and Paula Whetu Jones, and directed...
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    Te Rōpū Matakite (Māori for 'Those with Foresight'), created by Dame Whina Cooper. The hīkoi (march) started in Northland on 14 September, travelled the...
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  • The Statue of Dame Whina Cooper is located in Panguru, New Zealand, and honours the life of Dame Whina Cooper, a Māori leader and land rights activist...
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    Zealand history have been closely associated with the Hokianga. Dame Whina Cooper was born at Te Karaka, Hokianga on 9 December 1895, the daughter of a...
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    North Island, from Te Hāpua to Parliament in Wellington, organised by Whina Cooper. In 2004, a large hīkoi was organised during the 2004 Foreshore and seabed...
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  • for Māori. The first president of the Māori Women's Welfare League was Whina Cooper. These groups were conservative by later standards but did criticise...
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  • roles as younger versions of main characters in both Cousins (2021) and Whina (2022). Ngatai-Melbourne made her directorial debut with the short film...
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    occupation. He also supported respected leader and close friend Dame Whina Cooper on the 1975 Māori Land March. In 1977, Hawke became the very first claimant...
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  • born in Te Karaka, Northland, New Zealand. His daughter, land activist Whina Cooper, would help him in his work. He was deeply committed to the Catholic...
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    Whina Cooper leading the Māori Land March in 1975, seeking redress for historical grievances...
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  • Colour (1982) Maori: A Photographic and Social History (1983) Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper (1983) Te Puea Herangi: from darkness to light (1984) Being...
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    for two months, against the wishes of the public leader of the march, Whina Cooper. She also criticised then prime minister Robert Muldoon and his National...
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  • of Cambridge) (1985) Sir Winston Churchill (1965) James Cook (1940) Whina Cooper (1995) Barry Crump (1995) Stewie Dempster (1992) Jules Dumont d'Urville...
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  • flag burning incident took place. In 1975, a hīkoi (land march) led by Whina Cooper traversed the length of the North Island finished outside Parliament...
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    Glaeser 2016 Lost Girls Cop Short 2017 Asomatous Mordeya 2022 Whina Older Whina Cooper 2024 A Mistake Tessa Post-production 2026 Moana Gramma Tala TBA...
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    legal system. One significant event was the 1975 Land March led by Dame Whina Cooper protesting ongoing Māori land alienation. She was 79 when she led this...
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  • began as a Catholic settlement. It was named Whakarapa until 1923, when Whina Cooper called a public meeting that led to the name being changed to distinguish...
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  • and comedian Walker Cooper (1915–1991), American baseball player Warren Cooper (born 1933), New Zealand politician Whina Cooper (1895–1994), New Zealand...
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    Link. The TBM was named after Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper. On 14 September 2022 the TBM Dame Whina Cooper broke through into the station box of Te Waihorotiu...
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  • (1760s–1849) – Māori leader Sir Colin Meads (1936–2017) – All Black Dame Whina Cooper (1895–1994) – Māori leader Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) – writer Thomas...
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  • Muriwai, East Coast, New Zealand about 1886. His second wife was Whina Cooper. Cooper was one of three members of a royal commission set up in 1926 to...
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    Whina Cooper leads the Māori Land March through Hamilton in 1975, seeking redress for historical grievances....
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    areas, and the initiative helped inspire the 1975 Land March led by Whina Cooper. Peters first became a member of parliament following the 1978 general...
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  • comedy series I Date Rejects, and the 2022 feature film Whina, a biopic on the life of Dame Whina Cooper. Jones is of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Whakatōhea, and Ngāti...
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    12 Henry Lang ONZ CB 6 February 1989 17 April 1997 Economist 13 Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE 15 June 1991 26 March 1994 Māori leader 14 Jack Somerville ONZ...
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    taken from Māori ownership in 1863. She has said they were inspired by Whina Cooper and other Māori women protestors. Although Newton was the youngest of...
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  • Mick Connelly Robin Cooke Nicky Cooney Angus Cooper Michael Cooper Morrin Cooper Warren Cooper Whina Cooper Assid Corban Miriam Corban Paul Cotton Ben Couch...
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  • Banerjee, the founder of Chippendales Whina – New Zealander biographical film about the life of Dame Whina Cooper Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody...
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