Did you know? on the 4th of July 1868 Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki of Rongowhakaata was arrested near Gisborne in 1865 after allegedly helping a ‘rebel’ Pai Mārire force. Released and then re-arrested, he became one of hundreds exiled to the remote Chatham Islands. Here Te Kooti established the Ringatū faith, which was adopted by many of his fellow exiles. In July 1868 he masterminded an uprising by 300 prisoners who overpowered their guards, captured the schooner Rifleman and sailed for New Ze