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Story: Ngāi Tūhoe

Rua Kēnana at Maungapōhatu

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Rua Kēnana at Maungapōhatu

This photograph of the Tūhoe prophet Rua Kēnana’s council house, known as Hiona (Zion), was taken in 1908. The house was at Maungapōhatu, the community Rua established in the heart of the Urewera. Rua is pictured (third from left) with some of his wives.

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Rangi McGarvey, Ngāi Tūhoe – Self-imposed isolation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2726/rua-kenana-at-maungapohatu (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rangi McGarvey, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.