Hauhau
1. (noun) a movement founded in Taranaki in 1862 by Te Ua Haumēne in response to Pākehā confiscation of Māori land and led to the establishment of the Pai Mārire Christian faith.
I ngā rā o te whawhai Hauhau i te tau 1865 i tautoko tētahi rangatira mana nui i te taha Kāwanatanga (TTT 1/3/1929:953). / In the days of the Hauhau war in 1865 a chief of great prestige supported the Government side.