Penetana Papahurihia

Penetana Papahurihia also called Te Atua Wera (?–1875) was a New Zealand tohunga, war leader and prophet. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Nga Puhi iwi. He founded a religious sect called Te Nakahi in the Bay of Islands and Omanaia in New Zealand, around 1833. The religion was a "blend of Maori and Judeo-Christian values", and believers held that they were the descendants of the ten lost Israelite tribes, which led them to observe the Jewish sabbath, as opposed to the Christian sabbath.^[1][2]

References

1. Binney, Judith. "Penetana Papahurihia". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
2. Crosby, Alfred, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, Cambridge University Press, 1986, p. 244