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TAHUPOTIKI WIREMU RATANA, - JEFF HAINES. © Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 A. INTRODUCTION 3 B. PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY - OVERVIEW 4 C. TAHUPOTIKI WIREMU RATANA 5 D. TURE WAIRUA 6 E. TURE TANGATA 7 F. CONCLUSIONS 9 G. BIBLIOGRAPHY 10 This article was originally submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Licentiate in Theology at Ecumenical Institute of Distance Theological Studies. Page 2 of A. Introduction When T. W. Ratana got up to speak, it would have been interesting to have heard how he introduced himself, his Pepeha? Although Ratana appeared reluctant to answer the call on his life, as his ministry developed, there is no doubt that he knew why he was called and the legacy that he had inherited. We can surmised that Ratana’s Pepeha may have contained the following; that he would have identified his river as the Whanganui and his mountain as Taranaki, and that he belonged to the land that surrounded these significant features
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T. W. Ratana
Māori prophet, Rātana tro founder
Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana | |
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| Born | 25 January |
| Died | 18 September () (aged&#;66) |
| Occupation(s) | Faith healer, church leader, farmer |
| Notable work | The Blue Book (te pukapuka whakamoemiti) |
Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana (25 January ? – 18 September ) was the founder of the Rātana religion in the early 20th century in New Zealand. He rose to prominence as a faith healer.
Beginnings
[edit]Rātana was of the Ngāti Apa and Ngā Wairikiiwi — his subtribes were Nga Ariki, Ngāti Hikapirau, Ngāti Rangiwaho, Ngāti Kiriwheke and Ngati Kauae. On his mother's side he was of Ngā Rauru Kiitahi, his mother belonging to the Rangitaawhi Hapū.
He married Te Urumanao Ngāpaki Baker, who had whakapapa links to the Ngāti Ruanui, and possibly bladte Āti Awa also.
Rātana began his spiritual mission during the influenza epidemic. He claimed that while standing on the veranda of his home at 2pm, on 8 November , three days before the en
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When Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana was born on 25 January , in Awahuri, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, his father, Te Uru-Kowhai Wiremu Ratana, was 28 and his mother, Ihipera Koria Matuakore, was He married Te Urumanao Ngauta Ngapaki-Baker in , in Rangitikei, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to San Francisco, California, United States in He died on 18 September , in Rātana, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, at the age of