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.
