More than a hundred years since the Tūhoe pacifist Rua Kēnana was unlawfully imprisoned, the Crown has today pardoned him and acknowledged its wrongs. Alexander Turnbull Library A portrait of Rua Kēnana. Close to 200 of Rua Kēnana's descendants gathered at parliament to witness the final reading of the Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill, a law seeking to restore his mana and that of his people. Alexander Turnbull Library Tūhoe pacifist and prophet Rua KēnanaMāori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta said the Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill acknowledged the Crown's wrongs. Wewhetu Temara, 15, grew up knowing the stories about Rua Kēnana and the Crown's treatment of him.

Source: Stuff December 18, 2019 07:41 UTC