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Te Ua Haumēne

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Te Ua Haumēne

Te Ua Haumēne raises his right hand, a symbol of the Pai Mārire faith which he led. He was one of the most significant Māori prophets and his teachings saw a unification of different tribes based on a religious, rather than political, basis.

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Basil Keane, Kotahitanga – unity movements – Kotahitanga movements around the 1860s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33586/te-ua-haumene (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 15 June 2012.