Te Kooti
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Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki was a Māori leader and guerrilla fighter who was the founder of the Ringatū religion.
The Arawa fighting contingent, Rotokākahi (Green Lake), Aotearoa-New Zealand, 1870
Chatham Islands
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The Chatham Islands, officially the Chatham Islands Territory, are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 km east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consist
Te Kooti
…was the founder of the Ringatū religion. While fighting alongside government forces against the Hauhau in 1865, he was accused of spying. Exiled to the Chatham Islands without trial along with captured Hauhau, he experienced visions and became a religious leader. In 1868 he led the escape of 168 prisoners, seizing the…
The two largest islands are Chatham Island (top) and Pitt Island (bottom right)
Moriori tree carving, or dendroglyph, in the Chatham Islands
Monument to Torotoro above Kaingaroa Beach on Chatham Island
Moriori people in the late 19th century