Rua’s Maori movement
P There is a reviv ■' ■ f Biterest in the Maori “milienium movemcu „n which that exceptional personality, Rua Kenana, jyras associated. £ Rua had many aspects 14- the prophet and healer; Jtne contract labourer; the iressianic leader of the Cuhoe people and the Sounder of their New ZeaSand Jerusalem at MauSgapohatu.
As well as being a social planner and reformer, he was also the central target of the police raid in 1916 which led to the longest trial in New Zealand’s history. On the Concert radio programme Peter Webster, author of the book “Rua and the Maori Millenium,” discusses this unusual character with Elizabeth Alley.
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Press, 5 December 1979, Page 23
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