Hi there, Today I will be telling you a little bit about Dame Whina Cooper.
Dame Whina Cooper was an 80 year old woman and led the 1975 Maori at On March from the far North to Parliament (1,000 kilometres) inspiring countless New Zealanders.
Dame Whina Cooper was born in 1895 and she was best known as leading the famous 1975 land March (also called hikoi) from Te Hapua (in the far north) to Parliament in Wellington.
Dame whina was born in Te Karaka, and she died on 26th of March 1994.
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