Newspaper: Te Hokioi (E rere atu-na), NGARUAWAHIA, Hune 15, 1862
Maker
1. Patara Te Tuhi
2. Free Press Printing Works
Production date
1922
Description
Newspaper: Te Hokioi (e rere atu-na). NGARUAWAHIA, Hune 15, 1862. This 1922 reprint of an edition of the Maaori printed and edited journal ‘Te Hokioi e Rere Atu Na’ was originally printed at Ngaaruawaahia in 1862, under the supervision of Patara Te Tuhi. Established initially in Mangere, Auckland, the press was moved to Ngaaruawaahia in order to assist in the growing Kiingitanga movement (to address Maaori concerns with land issues and governance). A number of publications were produced by this press up until May 1863. In December that year, General Duncan Alexander Cameron’s troops invaded and occupied Ngaaruawaahia. A printing press recovered by members of the Te Awamutu Historical Society on 13th March, 1935, near the Waipa River is thought to be the Hokioi but this has yet to be confirmed.
Wiremu Patara Te Tuhi (1825 – 1910) was born in Waikato of Ngaati Mahuta descent. A second cousin to Tawhiao, Te Tuhi was a constant figure in the Kiingitanga movement especially through his short-lived role as the editor and printer of ‘Te Hokioi e Rere Atu Naa’. Te Tuhi fought alongside Tawhiao during the Land Wars and became a spokesman for the movement and the King. In the 1880s he travelled with the King on a tour of the North Island and then to England and later also became a spokeman for King Mahuta following his succession.
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