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Dame whina Cooper was a respected kuda(elder), who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the Māori women. She is remembered for leading the 1975 Māori land March from Te Hapua to Wellington, a distance of 1,100km, at the agof 79. The Māori land March of 1975 was a protest led by the group of Te Rōpū Matakite Māori , created by Dame whina cooper. This March started in Northland on 14 September, travelled the length of the North Island, and arrived at the parliament building in Wellington on 13 October 1975. The protesters marched to ask the government to halt further losses of Māori land.