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Publicising the Rātana movement

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Publicising the Rātana movement

Spiritual leader Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana flies a Rātana flag from the back seat of a car in Taupō, in the 1920s. By this time Rātana was well known throughout Māoridom, and he made many journeys from his home near Whanganui.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – Māori and Pākehā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19070/publicising-the-ratana-movement (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.