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Repudiation movement

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Repudiation movement

The repudiation movement was based in Hawke's Bay and was headed by Henare Matua. The movement had its own Māori-language newspaper. Its philosophy was based around repudiating unfair leases and purchases. A number of its members later joined the Kotahitanga movement.

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Ngapare Hopa, Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations – 19th-century Māori organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29680/repudiation-movement (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ngapare Hopa, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.