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1922/168	Rawinia Tahupotiki Wiremu	Ratana	Metai	Taiaroa	Order Product

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1930/5495	Mihara Huiarei	Tainui	Te Arepa Tahupotiki Wiremu	Ratana	Order Product
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TitleScott, Thomas, 1947- :Ratana Church parking -- People desperate for votes parking. 25 January 2012 SummaryDCDL-0020051. Scott, Thomas, 1947- :Ratana Church parking -- People desperate for votes parking. 25 January 2012. Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post] (DC-Group-0025). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleGroup at Ratana SummaryPA11-058-02. Group at Ratana. [193-?]. Blundell, W G :Lantern slides (PAColl-6600). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - Photograph taken by William Hall Raine SummaryEP-NZ Obits-Ra to Rd-01. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. [ca 1939]. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers (PA-Group-00685). [Piece] Thumbnail

TitleRatana Church transparencies two SummaryPA12-10613. Ratana Church transparencies two. [ca 1960s]. Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement (PA-Group-00874). [Item]

TitleTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana SummaryPA11-058-04. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. [193-?]. Blundell, W G :Lantern slides (PAColl-6600). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki Summary1/1-016602-F. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki. [ca 1913]. Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios) (PA-Group-00410). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleSerials relating to Rātana SummaryfMS-Papers-12904. Serials relating to Rātana. 1921, 1924, 1925. Swinley, John, 1949-: Photographs and serials (ATL-Group-00439). [Item]

TitleTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo Summary1/2-089569-F. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo. 1920s. Montgomery, A M :Photograph album of Aard Motor Services Tours (PAColl-5690). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleCreator unknown : Photograph of a collage featuring a photographic portrait of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Summary1/2-022120-G. Creator unknown : Photograph of a collage featuring a photographic portrait of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. [193-?]. [Item] Thumbnail

TitleSerial relating to the Rātana Band tour of Europe SummaryMSI-Papers-12904. Serial relating to the Rātana Band tour of Europe. 18 June 1924. Swinley, John, 1949-: Photographs and serials (ATL-Group-00439). [Item]

TitleHenderson, Jim : Photograph of the funeral of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana SummaryPAColl-7508. Henderson, Jim : Photograph of the funeral of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. September 18 1939. [Item]

TitleRatana Church prints SummaryPAColl-10153. Ratana Church prints. [ca 1930s-1970s]. Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement (PA-Group-00874). [Item]

TitleRatana Church album SummaryPA1-q-1157. Ratana Church album. [ca 1918-1970s]. Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement (PA-Group-00874). [Item]

TitleMāori men, women and children at Ratana SummaryAW-2097. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleMāori men, women and children at Ratana SummaryAW-2096. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleMāori men, women and children at Ratana SummaryAW-2099. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleMāori men, women and children at Ratana SummaryAW-2098. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleMāori men, women and children at Ratana SummaryAW-2100. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleRatana Pa, 25th January celebrations SummaryAW-0640. Ratana Pa, 25th January celebrations. 1972. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleRatana Pa, 25th January celebrations SummaryAW-0641. Ratana Pa, 25th January celebrations. 1972. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item] Thumbnail

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	Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana	Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, of Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru, founded the Rātana Church, which remains a major religious and political force today.		NZHistory / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Group portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana			Dictionary of New Zealand Biography / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	The visit of Ratana, the Māori healer, to Auckland	Crowds milling around a marquee erected at Orakei for a church service in connection with the visit of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana to Auckland.	Auckland Weekly News	Kura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries
	Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - Photograph taken by William Hall Raine	Portrait of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana wearing a hat, scarf and jacket, taken ca September 1939 by William Hall Raine. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - A very recent photo of Mr.T.W.Ratana taken specially at his own request, indication being given of a feeling of the approaching end to his career.; Verso - centre right - W. Hall Raine, Photo.; Verso - top centre - 19 SEP 1939 Died 1939 NZ; Verso - top left - The late Mr. T. W. Ratana.; Verso - centre left - Mr. T. W. Ratana, died October 18. 30 DEC 1939; Verso - centre - 1 3/4 in x 2 in Sat Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.8 x 16.8 cm	Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Loss of Māori leader: death of Mr. T. W. Ratana, founder of influential native movement	Photos of the tangi for Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, who died at Ratana, near Wanganui. Top left is a portrait of T.W. Ratana.	Auckland Weekly News	Kura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries
	Memorial to Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana and his three sons, in English		Dansey, Harry	Anthropology Photographic Archive / The University of Auckland Library
	Memorial to Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana and his three sons, in Maori		Dansey, Harry	Anthropology Photographic Archive / The University of Auckland Library
	Te Haahi Ratana [electronic resource] : the official website of the Ratana Established Church of New Zealand.	Covers the history of the church and its beliefs. Biographical information about the founder, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana.	Hagger, Arahi R. Te Haahi Rātana	National Library of New Zealand Catalogue / National Library of New Zealand
	Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo	Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo. Shows him seated in the back of a car holding a flag. The driver of the car is Te Rauna Taiaroa. Taken by an unidentified photographer, probably during his motorcade between Napier and Tauranga in the 1920s. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - With Ratana at Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).	Not specified	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	He Rerenga Kōrero 1987	TAHUPOTIKI WIREMU RATANA : Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - the farmer who became a prophet and a back- grounder to the annual celebrations of the birth of Ratana. - speakers include Rapine Aperahama / Secretary of the Ratana movement. - Rev. Renata Willing friend of Ratana.........and the Minister of Education the Honourable Russell Marshall. RNZ Collection; Aperahama, Rapine, Speaker/Kaikōrero; Willing, Renata, Speaker/Kaikōrero; Marshal...		Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision / Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
	Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki	Composite image depicting, from left to right, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana; Iriaka Te Rio, Ratana's second wife; and Te Urumanaao Ratana, Ratana's first wife. Photographed ca 1913 by either Mark Lampe or Frank J Denton. Inscriptions: transcribed from back of file print of photograph: "written on neg = Nepia + Ratana + wife" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Composite photograph.	Not specified	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Birthday of the Māori leader Rātana celebrated at a great gathering of his followers	Rātana (right) purchases an Art Union ticket on his birthday. The 64th birthday of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, leader of the Rātana movement, was celebrated at Rātana Pa, near Wanganui, on Monday of last week, when these photographs were taken. Over 2,000 Māori from all parts of the North Island and some from the South Island, assembled for the occasion.	Auckland Weekly News	Kura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries
	King's visit to mark Kingitanga connection with Ratana	Kingi Tuheitia is due at Ratana pa on Sunday on a visit that will mark the strong connection between Ratana and the Kingitanga.		Radio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand
	Thousands at Ratana service	About 3000 faithful have gathered at Ratana's main temple south of Wanganui to celebrate the birth of the church's founder.		Radio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand
	Ratana festivities	Ratana Church members will receive more visitors on Thursday including the Maori King Tuheitia and other dignitaries.		Radio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand
	Celebrating Rātana with Nanaia Mahuta: 25th of January, 2019	The annual meeting for Rātana occured yesterday where people including governmental delegation come together in celebration of the founder of Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s birthday. It’s one of the events that helps to kick of the political year and is an important for affirming government obligation to Maori people and the people of Rātan...	95bFM	95bFM / 95bFM
	Ainu-Maori exchanges support Ratana legacy	A senior Ratana Church member says he supports more cultural exchanges with the Ainu people from northern Japan because Asian cultures are becoming more prominent with more migrants settling in New Zealand.		Radio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand
	Rātana leader urges followers to break away from Labour	The chairman of the Rātana Church executive has called for the return of its own political party, rather than continuing to align with Labour.		Radio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand
	Spiritual Outlook - Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana	Maureen Garing talks to Keith Newman about Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, prophet, healer and visionary.		Radio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand
	Ratana Church supports Mana-Maori alliance	The Ratana Church is supporting a call by the Mana movement for an alliance to be formed with the Maori Party.		Radio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

ArticleTahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana DescriptionTahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, of Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru, founded the Rātana Church, which remains a major religious and political force today. SourceNZHistory / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleGroup portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana SourceDictionary of New Zealand Biography / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleThe visit of Ratana, the Māori healer, to Auckland DescriptionCrowds milling around a marquee erected at Orakei for a church service in connection with the visit of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana to Auckland. AuthorAuckland Weekly News SourceKura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries

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ArticleTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - Photograph taken by William Hall Raine DescriptionPortrait of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana wearing a hat, scarf and jacket, taken ca September 1939 by William Hall Raine. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - A very recent photo of Mr.T.W.Ratana taken specially at his own request, indication being given of a feeling of the approaching end to his career.; Verso - centre right - W. Hall Raine, Photo.; Verso - top centre - 19 SEP 1939 Died 1939 NZ; Verso - top left - The late Mr. T. W. Ratana.; Verso - centre left - Mr. T. W. Ratana, died October 18. 30 DEC 1939; Verso - centre - 1 3/4 in x 2 in Sat Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.8 x 16.8 cm AuthorRaine, William Hall, 1892-1955 SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

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ArticleLoss of Māori leader: death of Mr. T. W. Ratana, founder of influential native movement DescriptionPhotos of the tangi for Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, who died at Ratana, near Wanganui. Top left is a portrait of T.W. Ratana. AuthorAuckland Weekly News SourceKura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries

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ArticleMemorial to Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana and his three sons, in English AuthorDansey, Harry SourceAnthropology Photographic Archive / The University of Auckland Library

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ArticleMemorial to Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana and his three sons, in Maori AuthorDansey, Harry SourceAnthropology Photographic Archive / The University of Auckland Library

ArticleTe Haahi Ratana [electronic resource] : the official website of the Ratana Established Church of New Zealand. DescriptionCovers the history of the church and its beliefs. Biographical information about the founder, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. AuthorHagger, Arahi R.
Te Haahi Rātana SourceNational Library of New Zealand Catalogue / National Library of New Zealand

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ArticleTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo DescriptionTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo. Shows him seated in the back of a car holding a flag. The driver of the car is Te Rauna Taiaroa. Taken by an unidentified photographer, probably during his motorcade between Napier and Tauranga in the 1920s. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - With Ratana at Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). AuthorNot specified SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

ArticleHe Rerenga Kōrero 1987 DescriptionTAHUPOTIKI WIREMU RATANA : Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - the farmer who became a prophet and a back- grounder to the annual celebrations of the birth of Ratana. - speakers include Rapine Aperahama / Secretary of the Ratana movement. - Rev. Renata Willing friend of Ratana.........and the Minister of Education the Honourable Russell Marshall. RNZ Collection; Aperahama, Rapine, Speaker/Kaikōrero; Willing, Renata, Speaker/Kaikōrero; Marshal... SourceNgā Taonga Sound & Vision / Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

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ArticleTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki DescriptionComposite image depicting, from left to right, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana; Iriaka Te Rio, Ratana's second wife; and Te Urumanaao Ratana, Ratana's first wife. Photographed ca 1913 by either Mark Lampe or Frank J Denton. Inscriptions: transcribed from back of file print of photograph: "written on neg = Nepia + Ratana + wife" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Composite photograph. AuthorNot specified SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

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ArticleBirthday of the Māori leader Rātana celebrated at a great gathering of his followers DescriptionRātana (right) purchases an Art Union ticket on his birthday. The 64th birthday of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, leader of the Rātana movement, was celebrated at Rātana Pa, near Wanganui, on Monday of last week, when these photographs were taken. Over 2,000 Māori from all parts of the North Island and some from the South Island, assembled for the occasion. AuthorAuckland Weekly News SourceKura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries

ArticleKing's visit to mark Kingitanga connection with Ratana DescriptionKingi Tuheitia is due at Ratana pa on Sunday on a visit that will mark the strong connection between Ratana and the Kingitanga. SourceRadio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

ArticleThousands at Ratana service DescriptionAbout 3000 faithful have gathered at Ratana's main temple south of Wanganui to celebrate the birth of the church's founder. SourceRadio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

ArticleRatana festivities DescriptionRatana Church members will receive more visitors on Thursday including the Maori King Tuheitia and other dignitaries. SourceRadio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

ArticleCelebrating Rātana with Nanaia Mahuta: 25th of January, 2019 DescriptionThe annual meeting for Rātana occured yesterday where people including governmental delegation come together in celebration of the founder of Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s birthday. It’s one of the events that helps to kick of the political year and is an important for affirming government obligation to Maori people and the people of Rātan... Author95bFM Source95bFM / 95bFM

ArticleAinu-Maori exchanges support Ratana legacy DescriptionA senior Ratana Church member says he supports more cultural exchanges with the Ainu people from northern Japan because Asian cultures are becoming more prominent with more migrants settling in New Zealand. SourceRadio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

ArticleRātana leader urges followers to break away from Labour DescriptionThe chairman of the Rātana Church executive has called for the return of its own political party, rather than continuing to align with Labour. SourceRadio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

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ArticleSpiritual Outlook - Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana DescriptionMaureen Garing talks to Keith Newman about Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, prophet, healer and visionary. SourceRadio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

ArticleRatana Church supports Mana-Maori alliance DescriptionThe Ratana Church is supporting a call by the Mana movement for an alliance to be formed with the Maori Party. SourceRadio New Zealand / Radio New Zealand

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Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana	RATANA In remembereance of our esteemed Father and Leader, the late Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. Passed away September 18, 1939. Time takes away the edge of grief, but memory turns back every leaf. We know his spirit is with us. To live in the hearts of those he loved is not to die....	on Sep. 18, 2020
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana	RATANA In remembrance of our esteeemed Father and Leader, the late Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. Passed away September 18, 1939. Time takes away the edge of grief, but memory turns back every leaf. We know his spirit is with us. To live in the hearts of those he loved, is not to die....	on Sep. 18, 2015

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	Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu		New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	RATANA, Tahupotiki Wiremu	In 1966 the first encyclopedia of New Zealand was published in three thick volumes. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand was a critical and publishing success at the time, and has been used as a basic reference work about the country since then. We are proud to make it available online.	McLintock, Alexander Hare John Bruce Palmer, B.A., Curator, Fiji Museum, Suva. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, 1920s	Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of the Rātana faith, displays a Rātana flag from the back seat of a touring car in Taupō in the 1920s. Rātana was founded as a political as well as a spiritual movement. In 1924 Rātana and several followers travelled to Europe to present the British ...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Ko Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, i te tekau tau 1920	Ko Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana anō tēnei e pupuri ana i te kara o te Hāhi Rātana. Kei muri ia i tana motuka i tētahi haerenga ki Taupō i te tekau tau 1920. He whakaritenga tōrangapū anō te hāhi Rātana. I te tau 1924 ka tau atu a Rātana me tana tira ki Ūropi ki te whakatakoto i te ...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Ko Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana e haere ana ki Ingarangi	E tū ana te poropiti Māori a Tahupōtiki Rātana i te taha o te kaipuke a Barabol ki Awherika ki te Tonga i tōna haerenga ki Rānana i te tau 1924. Ko te kaupapa o te haerenga he whakatakoto i te petihana e mautohe ana ki ngā whatinga i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Nā Rātana te rōpū kotahitanga ...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	The Rātana Church	From the 1920s many Ngā Rauru people became followers of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, founder of a Māori religious movement which gained a political dimension. This photograph shows the church at Rātana.	Albert Percy Godber New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Te Hāhi Rātana	Mai te tekau atu i 1920, ka whai te tokomaha o Ngā Rauru i a Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana me tana whakapono. Taro ake, ka tū tōna rōpū tōrangapū.	Albert Percy Godber New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana: Founding the Rātana Church	Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana came to prominence as a powerful Māori spiritual leader and faith healer. He founded a religious movement and headed a pan-tribal unity movement campaigning for social justice and equality based on the Treaty of Waitangi. Early life Rātana was ...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Kotahitanga – unity movements: Kotahitanga movements in the 20th and 21st centuries	Rātana and political parties While known primarily for its religious focus, the Rātana movement had a significant political and social aspect. A thriving community based around prophet Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s teachings sprang up at Rātana pā, between Whanganui and ...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	The Rātana Church	The Rātana Church, located at Rātana pā, near Turakina, was opened in 1927. It is the headquarters of the religion founded by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana. The design of the building incorporates many of the symbols used by the faith.	Albert Percy Godber New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Publicising the Rātana movement	Spiritual leader Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana flies a Rātana flag from the back seat of a car in Taupō, in the 1920s. By this time Rātana was well known throughout Māoridom, and he made many journeys from his home near Whanganui.	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Group portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana		New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Rātana movement publicity drive	In this photograph Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana holds a Rātana flag while being driven through Taupō, probably in 1921 or 1922. In those years he travelled with his supporters throughout New Zealand to publicise his spiritual teachings.	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Iriaka Rātana, 1966	With fellow Labour MPs, Iriaka Rātana speaks to supporters of the Rātana political movement on Manukorihi marae, Waitara. She became a second wife to Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of the Rātana faith, in 1925. After his death in 1939 she married his son Matiu Rātana, whom she ...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Rātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana	Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana brought together the dispossessed remnant of many Māori tribes and inspired them with his religion – and his politics. He challenged the New Zealand prime minister and the British Crown to honour the Treaty of Waitangi. The church he founded had tens of thousands...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Te Hāhi Rātana	Nō te tau 1927 i whakatuwheratia te whare karakia ki Rātana Pā i Turakina. Koinei te pokapū o te hāhi a Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana. Ko ngā tauira i te whare, ko ngā tohu e whakamahia ana e te hāhi.	Albert Percy Godber New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleRatana, Tahupotiki Wiremu AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

ArticleRATANA, Tahupotiki Wiremu DescriptionIn 1966 the first encyclopedia of New Zealand was published in three thick volumes. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand was a critical and publishing success at the time, and has been used as a basic reference work about the country since then. We are proud to make it available online. AuthorMcLintock, Alexander Hare
John Bruce Palmer, B.A., Curator, Fiji Museum, Suva.
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ArticleTahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, 1920s DescriptionTahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of the Rātana faith, displays a Rātana flag from the back seat of a touring car in Taupō in the 1920s. Rātana was founded as a political as well as a spiritual movement. In 1924 Rātana and several followers travelled to Europe to present the British ... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleKo Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, i te tekau tau 1920 DescriptionKo Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana anō tēnei e pupuri ana i te kara o te Hāhi Rātana. Kei muri ia i tana motuka i tētahi haerenga ki Taupō i te tekau tau 1920. He whakaritenga tōrangapū anō te hāhi Rātana. I te tau 1924 ka tau atu a Rātana me tana tira ki Ūropi ki te whakatakoto i te ... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleKo Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana e haere ana ki Ingarangi DescriptionE tū ana te poropiti Māori a Tahupōtiki Rātana i te taha o te kaipuke a Barabol ki Awherika ki te Tonga i tōna haerenga ki Rānana i te tau 1924. Ko te kaupapa o te haerenga he whakatakoto i te petihana e mautohe ana ki ngā whatinga i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Nā Rātana te rōpū kotahitanga ... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleThe Rātana Church DescriptionFrom the 1920s many Ngā Rauru people became followers of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, founder of a Māori religious movement which gained a political dimension. This photograph shows the church at Rātana. AuthorAlbert Percy Godber
New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleTe Hāhi Rātana DescriptionMai te tekau atu i 1920, ka whai te tokomaha o Ngā Rauru i a Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana me tana whakapono. Taro ake, ka tū tōna rōpū tōrangapū. AuthorAlbert Percy Godber
New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

ArticleRātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana: Founding the Rātana Church DescriptionTahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana came to prominence as a powerful Māori spiritual leader and faith healer. He founded a religious movement and headed a pan-tribal unity movement campaigning for social justice and equality based on the Treaty of Waitangi. Early life Rātana was ... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

ArticleKotahitanga – unity movements: Kotahitanga movements in the 20th and 21st centuries DescriptionRātana and political parties While known primarily for its religious focus, the Rātana movement had a significant political and social aspect. A thriving community based around prophet Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s teachings sprang up at Rātana pā, between Whanganui and ... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleThe Rātana Church DescriptionThe Rātana Church, located at Rātana pā, near Turakina, was opened in 1927. It is the headquarters of the religion founded by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana. The design of the building incorporates many of the symbols used by the faith. AuthorAlbert Percy Godber
New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticlePublicising the Rātana movement DescriptionSpiritual leader Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana flies a Rātana flag from the back seat of a car in Taupō, in the 1920s. By this time Rātana was well known throughout Māoridom, and he made many journeys from his home near Whanganui. AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleGroup portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleRātana movement publicity drive DescriptionIn this photograph Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana holds a Rātana flag while being driven through Taupō, probably in 1921 or 1922. In those years he travelled with his supporters throughout New Zealand to publicise his spiritual teachings. AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleIriaka Rātana, 1966 DescriptionWith fellow Labour MPs, Iriaka Rātana speaks to supporters of the Rātana political movement on Manukorihi marae, Waitara. She became a second wife to Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of the Rātana faith, in 1925. After his death in 1939 she married his son Matiu Rātana, whom she ... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleRātana Church – Te Haahi Rātana DescriptionTahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana brought together the dispossessed remnant of many Māori tribes and inspired them with his religion – and his politics. He challenged the New Zealand prime minister and the British Crown to honour the Treaty of Waitangi. The church he founded had tens of thousands... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleTe Hāhi Rātana DescriptionNō te tau 1927 i whakatuwheratia te whare karakia ki Rātana Pā i Turakina. Koinei te pokapū o te hāhi a Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana. Ko ngā tauira i te whare, ko ngā tohu e whakamahia ana e te hāhi. AuthorAlbert Percy Godber
New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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Title	Date	Record type
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939	1923-11-05	Auckland People and Events
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939		Auckland People and Events
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939	1921-01-18	Auckland People and Events
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939		Auckland People and Events
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939	1966	Auckland People and Events
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939	1965-01-20	Auckland People and Events
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939		Index Cards
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939		Index Cards
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939	1939	Auckland People and Events
Ratana - tiny town born of faith	1971-01-18	Auckland People and Events

Title Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939 Date1923-11-05 Record typeAuckland People and Events

Title Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939 Record typeAuckland People and Events

Title Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939 Date1921-01-18 Record typeAuckland People and Events

Title Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939 Record typeAuckland People and Events

Title Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939 Date1966 Record typeAuckland People and Events

Title Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939 Date1965-01-20 Record typeAuckland People and Events

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Title Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu, 1873-1939 Date1939 Record typeAuckland People and Events

Title Ratana - tiny town born of faith Date1971-01-18 Record typeAuckland People and Events

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Whanganui District Court > Whanganui [Wanganui] divorce files - first sequence

Name	Year(s)	Held At	Access
Ratana, Matiu Tahupotiki Wiremu v Ratana, Kahu Te Wano Te Oro	1946	Wellington	Restricted

NameRatana, Matiu Tahupotiki Wiremu v Ratana, Kahu Te Wano Te Oro Year(s)1946 Held AtWellington AccessRestricted

Legislative Department > Papers brought before the Houses of Parliament and records of Select Committees

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Committees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand	📃 View Scan	1932 ‑ 1933	Wellington	Open
Committees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand	📃 View Scan	1932 ‑ 1933	Wellington	Open
Committees - Native Affairs ...	📃 View Scan	1932 ‑ 1933	Wellington	Open
Committees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand	📃 View Scan	1932 ‑ 1933	Wellington	Open
Committees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand	📃 View Scan	1932 ‑ 1933	Wellington	Open
Committees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand	📃 View Scan	1932 ‑ 1933	Wellington	Open
Committees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand	📃 View Scan	1932 ‑ 1933	Wellington	Open

NameCommittees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand Scan

Committees - Native Affairs - TW Ratana & others (30128), that The Treaty of Waitangi be made Statutory. Petition No. 239/1932-1933 (Mr. Tirikatene). Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Praying that The Treaty of Waitangi Be Embodied in the Statute Book of the Dominion of New Zealand

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Name	Biography	Reference
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana	RATANA, TAHUPOTIKI WIREMU (1870-1939) was of the Ngati-Apa and Ngati-Ruanui tribes and was a cousin of Robert Tahupotiki Haddon (q.v.). In early manhood he farmed near Wanganui. During the epidemic of 1918 he was very sick and subject to visions. Having read the Scriptures deeply under Presbyterian missionaries, he became a faith healer and claimed to have cured thousands of Maori men and women of various forms of sickness, paralysis and other disability. Having a large following all over the country, Ratana established a modern settlement at his own pa, Ratana, near Wanganui, created the Maori United Welfare Bank, and invested £34,000 in an attempt to recover from the state lands which he claimed had been unjustly taken from his people. In 1924 he led a deputation to England to lay these grievances before the King. In the following year he founded a church which soon had 22,000 followers, 100 clergy and 400 lay preachers. A few years before his death he moved to Matamata, where he founded a similar settlement. He died on 18 Sep 1939. A son, Haami Tokouru Ratana, contested Maori seats on several occasions, and was elected to Parliament for the Western Maori district in 1935. Wanganui Herald, 19 Nov 1920; The Dominion ib. (p)	Volume 2, page 101

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Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana

RATANA, TAHUPOTIKI WIREMU (1870-1939) was of the Ngati-Apa and Ngati-Ruanui tribes and was a cousin of Robert Tahupotiki Haddon (q.v.). In early manhood he farmed near Wanganui. During the epidemic of 1918 he was very sick and subject to visions. Having read the Scriptures deeply under Presbyterian missionaries, he became a faith healer and claimed to have cured thousands of Maori men and women of various forms of sickness, paralysis and other disability. Having a large following all over the country, Ratana established a modern settlement at his own pa, Ratana, near Wanganui, created the Maori United Welfare Bank, and invested £34,000 in an attempt to recover from the state lands which he claimed had been unjustly taken from his people. In 1924 he led a deputation to England to lay these grievances before the King. In the following year he founded a church which soon had 22,000 followers, 100 clergy and 400 lay preachers. A few years before his death he moved to Matamata, where he founded a similar settlement. He died on 18 Sep 1939.

A son, Haami Tokouru Ratana, contested Maori seats on several occasions, and was elected to Parliament for the Western Maori district in 1935.

Wanganui Herald, 19 Nov 1920; The Dominion ib. (p)

Volume 2, page 101

NameTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Biography

A son, Haami Tokouru Ratana, contested Maori seats on several occasions, and was elected to Parliament for the Western Maori district in 1935.

Wanganui Herald, 19 Nov 1920; The Dominion ib. (p)

ReferenceVolume 2, page 101

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	Name	Date of birth / Date established	Date of death / Date closed	Place of birth / Place established	Place of death / Place closed
	Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana	1870	1939

NameTahupotiki Wiremu Ratana
Date of birth / Date established1870
Date of death / Date closed1939

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Name	Description	Image
Matiu Ratana	New Zealand politician
Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana	Māori prophet, Rātana religion founder (1873–1939)

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Title	Summary	Thumbnail
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :Ratana Church parking -- People desperate for votes parking. 25 January 2012	DCDL-0020051. Scott, Thomas, 1947- :Ratana Church parking -- People desperate for votes parking. 25 January 2012. Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post] (DC-Group-0025). [Item]
Group at Ratana	PA11-058-02. Group at Ratana. [193-?]. Blundell, W G :Lantern slides (PAColl-6600). [Item]
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - Photograph taken by William Hall Raine	EP-NZ Obits-Ra to Rd-01. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. [ca 1939]. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers (PA-Group-00685). [Piece]
Ratana Church transparencies two	PA12-10613. Ratana Church transparencies two. [ca 1960s]. Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement (PA-Group-00874). [Item]
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana	PA11-058-04. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. [193-?]. Blundell, W G :Lantern slides (PAColl-6600). [Item]
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki	1/1-016602-F. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, Iriaka Te Rio, and Te Urumanaao Ngapaki. [ca 1913]. Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios) (PA-Group-00410). [Item]
Serials relating to Rātana	fMS-Papers-12904. Serials relating to Rātana. 1921, 1924, 1925. Swinley, John, 1949-: Photographs and serials (ATL-Group-00439). [Item]
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo	1/2-089569-F. Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana publicising the Ratana Movement in Taupo. 1920s. Montgomery, A M :Photograph album of Aard Motor Services Tours (PAColl-5690). [Item]
Creator unknown : Photograph of a collage featuring a photographic portrait of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana	1/2-022120-G. Creator unknown : Photograph of a collage featuring a photographic portrait of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. [193-?]. [Item]
Serial relating to the Rātana Band tour of Europe	MSI-Papers-12904. Serial relating to the Rātana Band tour of Europe. 18 June 1924. Swinley, John, 1949-: Photographs and serials (ATL-Group-00439). [Item]
Henderson, Jim : Photograph of the funeral of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana	PAColl-7508. Henderson, Jim : Photograph of the funeral of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana. September 18 1939. [Item]
Ratana Church prints	PAColl-10153. Ratana Church prints. [ca 1930s-1970s]. Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement (PA-Group-00874). [Item]
Ratana Church album	PA1-q-1157. Ratana Church album. [ca 1918-1970s]. Henderson, James McLeod, 1925-2013 : Photographs relating to the Ratana movement (PA-Group-00874). [Item]
Māori men, women and children at Ratana	AW-2097. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item]
Māori men, women and children at Ratana	AW-2096. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item]
Māori men, women and children at Ratana	AW-2099. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item]
Māori men, women and children at Ratana	AW-2098. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item]
Māori men, women and children at Ratana	AW-2100. Māori men, women and children at Ratana. 1981. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item]
Ratana Pa, 25th January celebrations	AW-0640. Ratana Pa, 25th January celebrations. 1972. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item]
Ratana Pa, 25th January celebrations	AW-0641. Ratana Pa, 25th January celebrations. 1972. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs (PA-Group-00941). [Item]