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… the Anglican church about the movement founded by T. W. Rātana . Initially membership of the movement was considered … to be complementary to church membership. Hēmi Huata was Rātana leader at Wairoa, and supported Taranaki Te Uamairangi as an independent Rātana candidate against Apirana Ngata and others in the …
Type: Biography
… Māori minister, was permitted to retain links with the Rātana church despite growing hostility from other … and as a token of this he stationed Oliver and Maaki in Rātana pā, with responsibility for the school there. This was the beginning of a long association with the Rātana movement. They continued in this role for a number of …
Type: Biography
… bilingual. After leaving school he was attracted to the Rātana movement. With his mother he taught at the Rātana pā school, before working for a period for a … there at the time of the visit of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana , the spiritual leader and founder of the Rātana …
Type: Biography
… the King Country. When Haddon's kinsman, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana , began his faith healing and religious revival … Haddon was an enthusiastic supporter. In 1920, when Rātana opened his church, Piki-te-Ora, at Rātana pā, the interdenominational religious services were …
Type: Biography
… by-election. The other candidates included Haami Tokouru Rātana , who represented the Rātana movement with tacit support from the United Party. … the seat for the Reform Party with 3,921 votes; Toko Rātana came close with 3,101; Pei Jones had split the …
Type: Biography
… rise of a new religious and political leader, T. W. Rātana . His prophetic and healing powers attracted many … including Taiāwhio, who was one of the first to sign the Rātana church covenant in 1925. He later moved to Rātana pa with members of his church. The departure of the …
Type: Biography
… agreements raised Māori hopes about other treaty rights. Rātana political movement The Rātana Church, initially a prophetic movement, entered … recognition) of te tiriti. Until this was obtained, the Rātana Church said, the treaty could not be properly …
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Part of story: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi
… There is a Ngāti Apa marae on the road to Whangaehu beach. Rātana Township 19 km south-east of Whanganui and 1.5 km off … themselves as Māori. It is the spiritual centre of the Rātana faith, founded by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana in the 1920s. The temple at Rātana, with its …
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Part of story: Whanganui places
… Rātana and political parties While known primarily for its religious focus, the Rātana movement had a significant political and social … A thriving community based around prophet Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s teachings sprang up at Rātana pā, between Whanganui …
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Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… and then confirmed that it was her nephew Tahupōtiki Rātana. She also prophesied the importance of his two sons, Ārepa (Alpha) and Ōmeka (Omega). Rātana Tahupōtiki Rātana was a farmer from Ngāti Apa. While fishing at …
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Part of story: Māori prophetic movements – ngā poropiti
… 1935 election, two of the four Māori seats were won by Rātana candidates who then voted with Labour in Parliament. Rātana, a religious movement based around the teachings of T. W. Rātana, had entered politics in 1928. By 1943 Rātana–Labour …
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Part of story: Labour Party
… career with motherhood. The Treaty of Waitangi and the Rātana faith were central tenets of her personal and … and celebrated her love of Māori design. Early life at Rātana Pā Tini Whetū Marama Tirikātene was born at Rātana pā, south of Whanganui, on 9 January 1932. Her mother …
Type: Biography
… district of the prophet and healer Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana . Seamer adopted a 'carefully considered policy' of … maintain Christian orthodoxy and became apostles when the Rātana Church of New Zealand was registered in 1925. As the … movement developed, Seamer became an important adviser to Rātana, who, as a Methodist, looked to the church for …
Type: Biography
… element to traditional ceremonies. The seven bands of Rātana Māori prophet Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana placed a strong emphasis on music when establishing … his religious movement in the 1920s. In the 1930s the Rātana Church established seven brass bands. These seven …
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Part of story: Brass and pipe bands
… source of inspiration to Māori tohunga (priests). T. W. Rātana, founder of the Rātana Church, visited them frequently to meditate and renew …
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Part of story: Waterfalls
… to pressure from all sides on the subject of the new Rātana faith. His cousin, Piupiu Te Wherowhero , was strongly Rātana, as were many of his Tekau-mā-rua (council of 12), … attempts to draw him in. Te Puea was as strongly opposed to Rātana affiliation. Te Rata, committed to supporting Pōmare …
Type: Biography
… and bred successful racehorses. In 1924 Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana asked him to call a meeting to establish the Rātana movement on Chatham Island, and he remained a Rātana advocate until his death. He travelled to …
Type: Biography
… and with him, from 1920, turned to Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana to further his aims. In 1924 he was one of the 12 leaders who accompanied Tupu Taingākawa and Rātana to England, carrying with them a petition to present … main contribution to both movements was as head of the Rātana organisation on its business side and his direction …
Type: Biography
… the tribe as adequate. Political and religious movements: Rātana and Te Māramatanga The fighting of the 1860s gave … 1920s, many Ngā Rauru became followers of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, founder of a religious movement which later became a … what they saw as a departure from Christian belief in the Rātana Church. Led by Ngāpiki Hākaraia and her husband …
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Part of story: Ngā Rauru Kītahi