{"product_id":"mihaia-prophet-rua-kenana-and-his-community-at-mangapohatu-by-judith-binney-gillian-chaplin-craig-wallace-very-scarce","title":"Mihaia Prophet Rua Kenana and His Community at Mangapohatu By Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin, Craig Wallace. VERY SCARCE.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMihaia Prophet Rua Kenana and His Community at Mangapohatu By Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin, Craig Wallace.\u003cbr\u003eVERY SCARCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press, Auckland, New Zealand, 1987, Reprinted with corrections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge softback, some shelf\/edge-wear, minor marks, no inscriptions, light stain to bottom edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRua Kenana was an extraordinary prophetic leader from the Urewera. Resisting threats to expel the Tūhoe people from their ancestral lands, he established a remarkable community at Maungapohatu, identifying himself as the ‘Mīhaia’ or ‘Messiah’ for Tūhoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudith Binney, Gillian Chaplin and Craig Wallace researched the history of the community in the 1970s, working first with a collection of photographs that they took to the Urewera. Sharing these photographs with descendants of Rua and his followers, they found that ‘strangers opened their hearts to us, and shared their stories’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis biographical account focuses on a dramatic moment in Urewera history, one that incorporated a shocking episode in early twentieth-century New Zealand. The rich photographic record documents not only the police assault on the Maungapohatu community but also the lives of the people and Rua’s utopian vision. The prophet lived into the 1930s, a leader still working to support and sustain his followers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed on publication as ‘an unparalleled record of a community through time’, this remarkable history has been in demand since first publication by Oxford University Press in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50828787122423,"sku":null,"price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_8983_e0bd71b1-a752-44de-8aed-efc1ca5f31f5.jpg?v=1780520545","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-gb\/products\/mihaia-prophet-rua-kenana-and-his-community-at-mangapohatu-by-judith-binney-gillian-chaplin-craig-wallace-very-scarce","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}