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- Land march adventure begins.
- Whina cooper visits Takapuwahia Marae.
- Walking across Auckland harbour bridge.
- It's so wobbly!
- 14 September 1975 :The 50 land protestors left from Te Hapua and started their long 1000km parliament journey.79 year old Whina cooper the leader of the march had started this march initially to get back the land that the government had so called "Unused land" and Whina cooper didn't want her land to be taken, so she quickly went into action and started to think about what she could do for the people that had also lost their land.
- Pit stop. gaining energy, getting rest and eating kai.
- Whina coopers protest had being getting a lot of attention , and more and more people started joining. The day was coming to an end so they had stopped at multiple maraes and had stayed the night. Whina Cooper had lead a hui and she started discussing the purpose of the whole land march, and how things are going to happen.
- Arriving to parliament.
- 23rd September 1975 : The march roamed through South Auckland , and the huge swarm of people had started to walk on the Harbour bridge , The bridge was shaking but despite that Whina which was struggling had said "Not one more acre of land to be lost" which had motivated her to keep moving.
- Presenting the petition.
- 8th October 1975 : the march started swarming past all these different towns and cities, and they all stopped in Palmerston north at a nearby pit stop to regain energy , get some rest and enjoy kai. while they stayed there , Whina cooper continued to speak about the purpose of the march and people started to offer support towards the land march.
- 13th October 1975: They had all arrived to parliament and were waiting to present.They started off as a group of 50 , and it lead to 5000 people joining the land march. The signatures had been gathered and they had all been praying and hoping that things would go well.
- 13 October 1975: Around 5000 people including Whina cooper arrived to thparliament and presented a petition with 60,000 signatures to the priminster (Bill Rowling at the time) They gave the petition to Bill Rowling and they all had their heads up high. After handing the petition, they had all hoped that things would change soon.
- presenting the petition
- Bill Rowling listening *
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