Te Ope Whakaora (the group bringing life) was the term for the Salvation Army's mission to Māori. In 1889, to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Army's work in New Zealand, leaders of Te Ope Whakaora gathered in Christchurch. They are (back row, from left) Mere, Major Rolfe, Colonel Taylor and Captain Nicholls; (front row, from left) Utiku Te Rangi Hikohia (known as Miro), Captain Ernest Holdaway, Maraea Te Kehu Te Waitaruna Tamatea and Piripe Pauro Tutawha; and (seated in front) Tamatea Aurunui.
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