Te ua haumene biography of mahatma gandhi
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Te ua haumene biography of mahatma gandhi
Te Ua Haumēne
New Zealand Māori religious leader
Te Ua Haumēne | |
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Te Ua Haumēne in about | |
| Born | ~ |
| Died | ~October |
| Nationality | Māori |
| Known&#;for | Religious leader |
Te Ua Haumēne was a New Zealand Māori religious leader during the s.
He founded the Pai Mārire movement, which became hostile and engaged in military conflict against the New Zealand government during the Second Taranaki War and the East Cape War.
Early life
Born at Waiaua, South Taranaki, in the early s, Te Ua was of the Taranakiiwi (tribe).
His father Tūtawake died soon after his son's birth and Te Ua was captured, along with his mother Paihaka, during a raid mounted by the Waikatoiwi. Enslaved, their captors took them to Kāwhia. There was a Christian presence in the area, and Te Ua was taught to read and write and also studied the New Testament.[1] Soon after John Whiteley, a Wesleyan missionary, established a mission station in Kāwhia, Te Ua was baptised as Horopāpera, a