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Te Whaea o te Motu

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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

About the Author

David Hill (Author) David Hill is a prolific and highly regarded New Zealand writer, playwright, poet, columnist and critic. Best known for his highly popular and award-winning body of work for young people, ranging from picture books to teenage fiction, his novels have been published all around the world and translated into several languages, and his short stories and plays for young people have been broadcast here and overseas. In November 2021 David was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement - Fiction in recognition of his outstanding contribution to New Zealand Literature. He lives in New Plymouth with his wife Beth. Story Hemi-Morehouse (Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) was born in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and moved to Australia when she was young. She was always obsessed with comics and drawing and turned her love of illustrating into a career. Story's first published book, Mokopuna Matatini/The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth by Pania Tahau-Hodges, was shortlisted for four awards in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2022. She has since added several more picture books to her portfolio and in 2023 Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro/How My Koro Became a Star, with author Brianne Te Paa, was a finalist in the Best Picture Book and won Te Kura Pounamu Award. Story lives and works on Yugumbeh Country (Gold Coast, Australia) and, thanks to the flexibilty of freelance work, also gets to spend regular time in Aotearoa. Stacey Morrison (Translator) Stacey Morrison (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu) is a radio and TV broadcaster whose projects have spanned 25 years Stacey and her husband Scotty co-wrote Māori at Home to help other families use te reo in everyday settings, and Stacey's first children's book, My First Words in Māori, became a number-one bestseller. She has since co-authored Kia Kaha: A storybook of Māori who changed the world with Jeremy Sherlock, which won NZ Booklover's Best Children's Book and a Storylines Notable Non-fiction Award.

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