Biographies
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Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki
Te Kooti fought on the government side in the New Zealand Wars before being exiled to the Chatham Islands on charges of espionage. He later escaped back to the mainland and fought a long guerilla war against government forces.
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Kēnana, Rua Hepetipa
Rua Kēnana was a Tūhoe prophet who set up a community at Maungapōhatu in the Urewera mountains. In 1916 he was arrested for sedition for his opposition to Māori conscription in the First World War. His trial was one of the longest in New Zealand's legal history.
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Main image: Rongopai
The Rongopai meeting house provides vivid evidence of Māoritanga in a vibrant period of transition.
