The Māori Party is calling the late Dame Whina Cooper a visionary woman for her part in leading the Māori land march in 1975. A Maori dental surgeon says evidence that less than 20 percent of elderly Maori visit a dentist is a wake-up call to oral health services. A winner of a prestigious new scholarship for Maori and Pasifika teaching students says there is a need for more biculturally literate educators.