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Mihaia: The Prophet Rua Kenana and His Community at Maungapohatu

Binney, Judith/ Chaplin, Gillian/ Wallace, Craig

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Rua Kenana was one of many Maori prophetic leaders of the 19th and 20th centuries. He called himself Te Mihaia hou, the new messiah, and was the leader of a section of the Tuhoe at a time when their land, the Urewera country, was threatened by possible prospecting and milling. Withdrawing to Maungapohatu, in the heart of Urewera, he established a community. This work is a history of Rua and his people, of the destruction of the community, by the government during World War I, and the struggle to start all over again.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Imprint: Bridget Williams NZ
Publication date: 10/02/2020