Whina: Te Whaea o te Motu (Mother of the Nation)

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Whina: Te Whaea o te Motu (Mother of the Nation)
NR 46 min
The autobiography of Maori land activist Dame Whina Cooper filmed two years before she died. Born in an earth-floor whare she became a teacher, gum digger, rugby coach, midwife, a tribal leader, president of Maori Women's Welfare League and controversial leader of the Maori Land March. Who organized her first public protest at the age of 18.

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Original Language:English