April 04, 2016
Great grand daughter of Rua Kenana – Mihihea Rua on Paakiwaha
One hundred years ago on the 2nd of April 1916 Rua Kenana was arrested at Maungapohatu.
On Saturday descendants of Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana were on hand to reenact events 100 years ago when armed police stormed his community at Maungapohatu deep in Te Urewera.
Tutakangahau's flag, which was taken that day and returned to the tribe two years ago as part of its historic treaty settlement, was inside the whare tupunu as rain drifted across the marae and mist covered the mountains
Rua's great granddaughter, Mihihea Rua, says the reenactment in period clothes was a powerful way to mark the day and to impress on younger generations what happened in 1916.
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