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Story: Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana

Rātana at Taupō

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Rātana at Taupō

T. W. Rātana sits in the back of a car holding up a flag on a pole in the 1920s, during a tour around the country. This photograph was probably taken on a trip between Napier and Tauranga.

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Keith Newman, Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana – Founding the Rātana Church, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26299/ratana-at-taupo (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Keith Newman, published 2 May 2011, updated 4 April 2018.