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Pai Mārire

1. (personal noun) Christian faith developed by Te Ua Haumēne in Taranaki which is still practised by some, including Waikato Māori.

Nō te tau 1864, ka ūwhia te īngoa o Tāwhiao ki runga ki a ia e Te Ua Haumēne, te poropiti o Pai Mārire (TTR 1994:131). / In 1864 Te Ua Haumene, the Pai Mārire prophet, bestowed on him the name Tāwhiao.

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Tariao

1. (noun) leader of the Pai Mārire faith and also the name of a religious movement in Waikato. Between 1875 and 1876 the Kingitanga modified its religious expression when it adopted the Tariao faith. This combined Pai Mārire prayers with new forms of ritual. The Tariao were ministers of the new faith. Tawhiao, the second Māori king, was the head Tariao.

Kaua koutou ngā iwi Maori e rongo ki ngā kōrero pōtatu o aua karakia Tariao (TW 19/8/1876:306). / You, the Māori tribes, should not listen to the distracting words of the Tariao prayers.

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2. (personal noun) star in the Milky Way - sometimes called the Morning Star.

I te tau 1875, i naomia atu e ia te Pai Mārire hei whakapono mō te Kīngitanga, engari kia rite ki tāna i hiahia ai, kātahi ka whakaingoatia ko Tariao (te whetū i te ata) (TTR 1994:133). / During 1875 he adopted the Pai Mārire religion as the faith of the King movement, but his own version of it, and then he called it Tariao (the morning star).

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Tawa

1. (personal name) Gilbert Mair (1843-1923) - Pākehā soldier and public servant who could speak Māori. Took part in many campaigns between 1867 and 1872 leading Te Arawa soldiers against Pai Marire followers, Waikato iwi and Te Kooti.

Kātahi ka puta mai a Tawa me tana ope taua o Te Arawa anō i te 7 o Pēpuere, ka turakina te haki mā, te tohu o te rangaawatea (TTR 1990:221). / Then Gilbert Mair and his Te Arawa troops appeared on 7 February and tore down the white flag, the symbol of a truce.

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