1916 Rua Kenana arrested

At about the time of Te Whiti's death at Parihaka, another community sprang up at Maungapōhatu in the Ureweras comprising followers of the Tūhoe prophet Rua Kenana. This breakaway community attracted Māori disgruntled with the Pākehā system. The last instance of armed Māori resistance occurred at Maungapōhatu. Rua had discouraged recruitment for the First World War and broke prohibitionist laws by selling alcohol. A large expedition, commanded by the Commissioner of Police himself, made its way into the Ureweras and, after a shoot-out in which Rua's son died, the prophet was arrested. Justice Chapman firmly expressed society's displeasure with dissidents at Rua's trial for sedition, saying his 18-month sentence 'is the lesson your people should learn from this trial'.