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Te Whiti and Tohu In 1868, after the military defeat and moral decline of Pai Marire, Te Whiti O Rongomai and his brother-in-law Tohu Kakahi proclaimed a new faith of love and peace at a meeting in Parihaka, the village at the foot of Mount Egmont. Within a decade Te Whiti and Tohu had followers throughout the central part of the North Island, in the Wellington and Sounds districts and in the Chatham Islands. The year 1868 also saw the arrival back in New Zealand from exile of another leader of a new Christian denomination—Te Kooti, founder of Ringatu. This religious movement spread rapidly throughout the East Coast and neighbouring areas and was fostered by its energetic leader after his long years of military

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Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 50

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Te Whiti and Tohu Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 50

Te Whiti and Tohu Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 50

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