Areta Koopu
Dame Areta Koopu | |
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| File:Areta Koopu DNZM.jpg Koopu in 2019 | |
| 14th President of the Māori Women's Welfare League | |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Aroha Reriti-Crofts |
| Succeeded by | Druis Barrett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Areta King 8 March 1941 Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Spouse |
Hoera Koopu (m. 1961) |
| Children | 5 |
Dame Areta Koopu DNZM CBE (née King; born 8 March 1941) is a New Zealand social worker and Māori activist. She was a member of the New Zealand Māori Council from 1987 to 1992, National President of the Māori Women's Welfare League from 1993 to 1996, and a Human Rights Commissioner from 1996 to 2001.[1][2][3]
In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Koopu was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the community.[4] In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and the community.[5] She is also a recipient of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993.[1] In 2023 she was made a life member of Te Ao Marama, the New Zealand Māori Dental Association.[6]
Koopu was born in Gisborne on 8 March 1941, the daughter of Wiremu and Ngaro Alice King.[7] She was educated at Gisborne Girls' High School, and married Hoera Koopu in 1961.[7] The couple went on to have five children.[7]
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- 1941 births
- Living people
- People from Gisborne, New Zealand
- People educated at Gisborne Girls' High School
- Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- New Zealand Māori activists
- New Zealand social workers
- New Zealand Māori women
- Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
- People of the Māori Women's Welfare League