Matiaha Pahewa

Matiaha Pahewa (1818-1906) malami ne kuma mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje. Daga zuriyar Māori, ya bayyana tare da Ngāti Porou iwi (ƙabilar). An haife shi a Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand, ɗan Hone Te Pahewa da Te Pakou o Hinekau .

Pahewa ya halarci makarantar Waerenga-a-hika a aikin Church Missionary Society (CMS), wanda Rev. William Williams ya kafa. A ranar 4 ga Oktoban shekarar 1863 an naɗa shi a matsayin mai hidima kuma an sanya shi a Diocese na Waiapu a matsayin minita (minista) a Tokomaru .  Pahewa da shugaban Henare Potae ne suka kafa Tokomaru Pariha (parish). Ita ce Ikklisiyar Anglican ta biyu da Ngati Porou ta kafa. Hikurangi Pariha an kafa ta ne ta hanyar shugaban Ropata Wahawaha da Reverend Raniera Kawhia a cikin shekarar 1860. 

A cikin shekarar 1865 akwai malamai goma sha huɗu - shida na Turai da takwas Māori - a cikin Diocese na Waiapu . Māori sun kasance: a Tokomaru, Matiaha Pahewa; a Wairoa, Tamihana Huata; a Turanga, Hare Tawhaa; a Waiapu, Rota Waitoa, Raniera Kawhia da Mohi Turei; a Table Cape, Watene Moeka; a Maketu, Ihaia Te Ahu . 

A shekara ta 1865 ƙungiyar Pai Mārire (wanda aka fi sani da Hauhau) tana aiki a Gabashin Gabas; a Tokomaru, Pahewa ya ci gaba da ziyartar Hauhau muddin suna shirye su karɓi hidimarsa, kodayake ta yin hakan ya fusata Henare Potae, wanda ya kalli aikinsa kamar yadda yake nuna kansa da motsi. A ranar 13 ga Yulin shekarar 1897, tare da Mohi Tūrei, Eruera Kawhia da Piripi Awarau, sun taimaka wa Rev. H. Williams wajen gudanar da jana'izar Ropata Wahawaha, wanda ya yi yaƙi da Hauhau.

Pahewa ta gudanar da karatun tauhidi a Kwalejin St. Stephen da ke Auckland . [6] A ranar 22 ga Satumban shekarar 1878 Bishop Edward Stuart ya naɗa shi firist kuma an sanya shi a Diocese na WaiapuAuckland.

Ya kasance a Tokomaru Bay har zuwa mutuwarsa a ranar 5 ga Yuni 1906. 

Ɗansa shi ne Rev. Hakaraia Pahewa (c1871-1949),  wanda aka nada shi zuwa Diocese na Waiapu a cikin Gundumar Te Kaha Maori, wanda ke kan hanyar daga Ōpōtiki zuwa Gabashin Cape.  A shekara ta 1918 ya zama Māori na farko da aka nada shi a matsayin Canon, lokacin da aka nada ya a wannan mukamin a Cocin Napier . 

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