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King, Michael, 1945-2004

Whina : a biography of Whina Cooper / Michael King. - Auckland, N.Z. : Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. - 285 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.

Introduction -- Prologue: The fight for the mudflats -- 1. A Hokianga inheritance -- 2. Her father's daughter -- 3. Towards independence -- 4. Fall and rise -- 5. Queen of the North -- 6. Amazon excavator -- 7. Exile -- 8. Precarious homecoming -- 9. Maori Women's Welfare League -- 10. Mother of the people -- 11. Maori Land March -- 12. Further crusades -- 13. Return to the Hokianga. Appendices (A: Genealogy ; B: Genealogy ; C: Discovery of the Hokianga ; D: Evidence to the Royal Commission on Native Affairs, 1934 ; E: Report to the Maori Women's Welfare League Conference, 1952 ; F: Report to the Maori Women's Welfare League Conference, 1957 ; G: Matakite song).

ISBN: 0340338733 9780340338735

LCCN: 84187226

Subjects--Personal Names:
Cooper, Whina, Dame 1895-1994.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Maori (New Zealand people)--Biography.
Women--New Zealand--Biography.
Mana wahine.
Tōrangapū.
Maori (New Zealand people)

LC Class. No.: DU422.82.C66 / K56 1983

Dewey Class. No.: 920.095