What a beautiful, strong wahine! I hold her with the utmost respect and she has taught me by example, as a pakeha, to honour and value the traditional and rightful owners of Aotearoa and the whenua upon which I tread. ❤
Definitely an outstanding legacy of an incredible wahine toa that will stretch out across the centuries to come. Thank God for Whina, and other strong women like her. I pray we listen to the indigenous voices around the world, and join in to save humanity and our planet.
#Whina #Cooper was born Hohepine (Josephine) Te Wake at Te Karaka in northern Hokianga on 9 December 1895. Her father was Heremia Te Wake, a leader of Ngati Manawa and Te Kaitutae hapu of Te Rarawa and the son of an American whaler. Her mother, Kare Pauro Kawatihi, was of Te Rarawa and Taranaki descent. Whina was the first child of her father’s second marriage. Another daughter, Heretute, was born in 1897, and there were four half-brothers and three half-sisters from Heremia’s first family.
She's not a Kiwi she's purely a native tangatawhenua and there is Only one of her and no one can't take that away she will own that title in the name of our saviour and the almighty creator amen
to think they called that newsreader who was on a $1,000,000 a year salary the Mother of the Nation . even to us white kids of brit immigrants this women Dame Whina Cooper was the Mother of the Nation !!. to even compare Bailey to this grand Maori queen is an insult to common decency and humanity itself
Hello my name is Matai king Kourinui block B3 1B born Belclutha my Father Benjamin hori Thomas I believe dad knew Whina I'm coming home 2021 after 30 years traveling and working around the world meet family
