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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 5 January 1923, Page 8

! A new Maori "healer" is said to hi making good headway, as a rival tc Ratana. His name is Wi Keepa Hakiaha, and he was formerly a resident of Whakatane, but has latterly beer residing at Wanganui. During the holidays he came on tour of coastal towns to Whakatane with about fiftj followers. A great gathering oi Maoris was held at Jt*oropora to welcome Hakiaha, who claims to have th« power of healing the sick and suffering, and the Maoris appeared to have , great faith in him. He is described as a stoutly-built native with a quiei manner, and claims to be a believer in the religion of Te Kooti, the Church oi England, and the Church of Rome. <