Ringatū
1. (noun) a Māori Christian faith founded by Te Kooti in the 1860s with adherents mainly from the Bay of Plenty and East Coast tribes.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 229-234; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 5;)
E rua anō ngā rā nui o te tau o te Ringatū i hiwaia e ia, arā, ko te huamata i te tahi o Hune me te pure i te tahi o Noema; he whakatō kai te tikanga o te huamata, ā, kia nui ai te hua o te kai i meinga ai te pure (TTR 1998:27). / There are two important days of the Ringatū faith that he focused on, namely the huamata on the first of June and the pure on the first of November; the huamata is when the planting rites are held, and the pure is so that the harvest is plentiful.
Hāhi Ringatū
1. (loan) (noun) Ringatū Church, Ringatū faith - a Māori Christian religious faith founded by Te Kooti in the 1860s with significant numbers of adherents amongst the Bay of Plenty and East Coast iwi.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 229-234; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 5;)
Ahakoa kāore anō ia kia takatū noa, i riro nāna tonu ia i ako ki ngā tikanga o te Hāhi, taringa whakarongo noa ai ki tana pāpā, haere rānei ki ngā rā i ngā wāhi e kaha ana te mau o te whakapono o te Hāhi Ringatū (TTR 1998:26). / Although he was unprepared, he taught himself the practices of the Church by just listening to his father or by attending the church days at the places where the Ringatū Church was strong.
See also Ringatū
