biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1895–1994)
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| biography:
| Maori leader, born in Hokianga, New Zealand. After experience as a local community organizer and businesswoman, from the 1930s she became nationally known for her efforts to help her people recover from the problems caused by European settlement. In 1951 she became the founding president of the Maori Women's Welfare League, and in 1975 led a historic march to publicize Maori land claims. She was made a dame in 1981. |
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