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Kōrero: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations

Rua Rākena, 1966

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Rua Rākena, 1966

He tangata nui a Minita Rua Rākena (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi) i waenga o te hāhi Meteriana me te iwi Māori. Kei konei ia kei te rā īnoi tuatahi o ngā hāhi katoa ki te Papa o te Tiriti o Waitangi i te Rā o Waitangi i te tau 1966. Kei roto i tēnei whakaahua (mai i te māui) ko Rua Rākena rātou ko Matua Theo Wanders (te pirihi Katorika o Panguru, kei Hokianga) ko te Pīhopa Mihinare o Aotearoa ko Minita Wiremu Pānapa.

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Reference: Te Ao Hou 55 (June 1966), p. 28.

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Hirini Kaa, Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations – Methodist Church, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30640/rua-rakena-1966 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hirini Kaa, i tāngia i te 7 April 2011, updated 1 March 2017.