Te Whaea o te Motu
Synopsis
Meet Dame Whina Cooper, the kuia who championed Māori rights, women’s rights and led a famous hīkoi for positive change – te reo Māori edition of Mother of the Nation, translated by Stacey Morrison. A Maori-language, illustrated true story for children about Dame Whina Cooper, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most exceptional leaders: a courageous and outspoken wahine toa whose legacy lives on today. TĒRĀ TE PŌ, KA MOEMOEĀ A WHINA KEI RUNGA POTI IA, E HAUKUME ANA I TĒTAHI TAMAITI I TE MOANA. KO TANA WHAKAMĀRAMA I TĒRĀ, KO TE POTI TANA HAERENGA I TE AO, KO TAUA TAMAITI TE ANAMATA O NGĀ TAMARIKI KATOA . . .
Ka tamaiti tonu ana a Whina, i mārama kē tana matua he kaitātaki tūturu a Whina. I a ia e 18 tau ana, ka whakarite i tana porotēhi tuatahi, hei tiaki i te whenua o te iwi. I a ia e 56 tau ana, ka āwhina ki te whakatū i Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora. Nāwai rā, i a ia e 79 tau ana, he inati tana hīkoi i te 1000 kiromita ki te Pāremata, hei tuku i te kōrero: Kia kaua e riro ko te Kotahi Eka Anō o te Whenua Māori. Ko tēnei te kōrero pono mō tētahi tino wahine toa – ko tētahi o ngā tino kaiārahi o Aotearoa, nāna te takimano o ngā Māori me ngā Pākehā i whakakotahi ki te whakatika i ngā hē, nōna hoki te mana me te manawanui e whakaoho tonu nei i a tātou i ēnei rā.
Also available in English as Mother of the Nation: Whina Cooper and the Long Walk for Justice.

RRP: $25.00 NZD
Author: David Hill
ISBN: 9781776957194
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Published: 8/11/2025
Pages: 32
Format: Hardback