Moihi Te Matorohanga

Ngati Kahungunu tohunga, historian
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IntroNgati Kahungunu tohunga, historian
PlacesNew Zealand
isHistorian
Work fieldSocial science
Gender
Male
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Biography

Moihi Te Matorohanga (fl. 1836–1865) was a notable New Zealand tribal tohunga and historian. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. He was born in Te Ewe-o-Tiina, Wairarapa, New Zealand and active from about 1836. The esoteric or secret nature of many aspects of sacred knowledge This may be an explanation for the late description (by Te Matorohanga in the late 1850s) of a Māori belief in a high god, Lo. Alternatively the cult of Lo may be a post-European phenomenon, derived from Christian teaching.

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