'The Forgotten Prophet' - Jeffrey Sissons and Dennis Ngāwhare-Pounamu (BWB Talks)

Tāmati Te Ito Ngāmoke led the prophetic Kaingārara movement in Taranaki from 1856. Te Ito was revered by tribal leaders as a prophetic tohunga matakite; but others, including many settlers and officials, viewed him as an ‘imposter’, a ‘fanatic’. Despite his influence and leadership, Te Ito’s historical importance remains largely unrecognised today.
Author Jeffrey Sissons illuminates a tumultuous chapter in Aotearoa’s history.
'The Forgotten Prophet' is discussed in this BWB talk by Jeffrey Sissons and Dennis Ngāwhare-Pounamu at the book launch at City Gallery Wellington in October 2023.
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Videography by Reverie