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Rua Kenana

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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2 April

1916 Arrest of Rua Kenana

On the morning of Sunday 2 April 1916, 57 armed police invaded the remote Tuhoe settlement of Maungapohatu in the Urewera Ranges. They had come to arrest the prophet Rua Kenana. more...

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Rua Kenana Treaty events 1900-49 - Treaty timeline Maori objection - conscientious objection in the First World War

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Rua Kenana biography (DNZB)
Ngai Tuhoe (Te Ara)
Bay of Plenty places: inland Urewera (Te Ara)

1915 Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district

During the afternoon and evening of 2 April (Good Friday), an estimated 2500 New Zealand and Australian troops rioted in the Haret Al Wassir red-light district of Cairo's Ezbekieh Quarter. more...