# Whina Cooper (@whina-cooper)

Dame Whina Cooper (born Hōhepine Te Wake; 9 December 1895 – 26 March 1994) was a New Zealand kuia (Māori elder), who worked for many years for the rights of Māori, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. She is remembered for leading the 1975 Māori land march from Te Hāpua to Wellington, a distance of 1,100 km (680 mi), at the age of 79.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Whina Cooper's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@whina-cooper/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@whina-cooper/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@whina-cooper/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Whina%20Cooper&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Whina%20Cooper
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Whina%20Cooper

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "whina-cooper", "question": "…"}`.