Whina Cooper

Take a ground-level view of 2024's Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti, one of the largest movements of people in Aotearoa’s recent history; reflecting on identity, unity, and the enduring significance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi for Māori today.

Through her daughter’s eyes, this film returns to Dame Whina Cooper’s homestead, a historic remnant of her legacy, revealing the whenua (land) that shaped the activist who would become Te Whaea o te Motu (Mother of a Nation).