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… the 1920s many of the farmers were being tempted south to Rātana pā, attracted by the prophet Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana . As the cream supply dwindled, Langerwerf looked to … strengthen the allegiance of his flock and to counter the Rātana influence among them. He also worked to ground their …
Type: Biography
… adequate food. From the mid 1920s, as the influence of the Rātana movement took hold, Tūtaki spoke out about its implicit anti-union message. T. W. Rātana argued that his movement would take care of all Māori … a large meeting of Māori at Fernhill. Although critical of Rātana, Tūtaki sought his support in the election, but …
Type: Biography
… Young Maori Party MPs had some impact. In the 1930s the Rātana Church entered an alliance with Labour, and by 1943 all four Māori seats were held by Labour MPs who were Rātana members. Maces and black rods Some rituals of … became the first female cabinet minister in 1947 and Iriaka Rātana the first Māori woman MP in 1949. There were very few …
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Part of story: Parliament
… Mere Rikiriki , later the mentor of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana . A year later she prophesied that the unity of the … to have it placed on record as an imperial document. T. W. Rātana was, by now, becoming increasingly influential, and Taingākawa turned to him for help. His reliance on Rātana deepened the split with Te Puea. In 1920 Taingākawa …
Type: Biography
… Māori Mormons drifted out of the church to follow T. W. Rātana . Meha read the Rātana covenant to the 1929 Mormon hui, but the mission president rejected Rātana’s suggestion that the two churches join together. …
Type: Biography
… a Methodist minister that year and later an influential Rātana leader and MP. Both parents were leading participants … at Tānoa Native School, Ōtamatea, Paikea later moved to Rātana pā with his family. In 1933 he was a foundation pupil of a crowded Rātana native school. He also attended Wanganui Technical …
Type: Biography
… winners. In the 1930s Ōmana became involved in the Rātana movement. The only electorate which still eluded it was Eastern Māori, and after a visit by T. W. Rātana to Kini Kini, Ōmana was persuaded to stand as a … and 1938. Following the healing of the local split between Rātana and Labour Party followers, Ōmana stood as the Labour …
Type: Biography
… movement by Te Puea Hērangi . In the early 1920s Wiremu Rātana founded the Rātana Church . Post-war Māori migration into the cities , …
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Part of story: History
… two sons and a daughter. He was a committed member of the Rātana Church. His parents had lived for a time at Rātana Pā, and Rata went on to become an Āpotoro Rēhita … (registered minister), chair of the Auckland branch of the Rātana Church, and vice-chair of the Rātana Youth Movement. …
Type: Biography
… faith healer in New Zealand history is Tahupōtiki Wīremu Rātana, founder of the Rātana Church. Many denominations and churches have healing …
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Part of story: Alternative health therapies
… early 20th century. At Te Matatini 2017, Te Reanga Mōrehu o Rātana incorporated instruments characteristic of the Rātana Church’s brass band. …
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Part of story: Kapa Haka
… of the Māori people, a title previously used for T. W. Rātana , the founder of the Rātana Church. In 2018 the number of Destiny Church …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… imprisonment in 1916, but was abandoned in the early 1930s. Rātana pā From the 1920s a pan-tribal settlement of … farm of the religious leader and healer Tahupōtiki Wīremu Rātana, south-east of Whanganui. In the 21st century it remained the centre of the Rātana movement. Early Pākehā communities Share and share …
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Part of story: Communes and communities
… Paetahi from Pūtiki. The seat was won in 1935 by H. T. Rātana, eldest son of Rātana Church founder T. W. Rātana. In 1996 Tariana Turia from Whangaehu entered …
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Part of story: Whanganui region
… He travelled throughout New Zealand and had visited Rātana pā at its beginnings. Wiremu Rātana wanted him to be a minister of the new Māori church, …
Type: Biography
… among Wairarapa Māori. In later years she converted to the Rātana faith and in the late 1920s and 1930s regularly … Kārearea. She took some of her grandchildren to see T. W. Rātana at Papawai when the prophet visited in 1928. At this …
Type: Biography
… for Western Māori in 1949 but the party endorsed Iriaka Rātana , the widow of the former MP and president of the Rātana church, because the Rātana movement intended supporting her as an independent if …
Type: Biography
… linguist and writer Pei Te Hurinui Jones Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana , the founder of the Rātana Church Īnia te Wīata , a famous opera singer Robert …
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Part of story: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption
… in 1989. Revising the constitution The Māori prophet T. W. Rātana’s movement greatly affected Māori Anglicans and many joined the Rātana Church. The General Synod responded in 1928 by …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… an illustration of the Dome of the Rock. Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana built the main Temepara (temple) of his Rātana church in the Romanesque style. The Temepara opened …
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Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori