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Biography T. W. Ratana - Healing and Revival...
Healing and Revival
"Spiritual, Physical, and Political Healing for the Maori People"
Tahupotiki Wiremu (Bill) Ratana was born January 25, 1873 in the district of Rangitikei.
Ratana was raised by his foster mother Ria Te Ra I Kokiritia Ai Hamuera and was baptised into the Methodist Church. His aunt, Mere Rikiriki, ran the "Holy Ghost Mission" and had a reputation for faith healing. There was also a strong prophetic tradition within the Maori culture.
In 1881 a local Christian leader, Te Potangaroa, prophesied that a church would be raised up that would be just for the Maori people.
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People recognized as having a prophetic gift were called "the mouthpice of God" by the Maori. Ratana's aunt prophesied several times that Ratana would receive a sign from God and become a Maori spiritual leader. Ratana struggled in his early life with "hearing voices" which some people thought was mental illness and others the hand of God