Kereopa Te Rau

Kereopa Te Rau (? - 5 Janairun shekarar 1872) ya kasance shugaban Pai Mārire (Hauhau), addinin Māori. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin Volkner Incident kuma daga baya aka rataye shi saboda rawar da ya taka a ciki.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
Ba a san komai game da rayuwar Kereopa ba amma ya kasance daga cikin Ngāti Rangiwehi iwi (ƙabilar) na ƙungiyar kabilun Te Arawa. Mai wa'azi na Katolika Uba Euloge Reignier ne ya yi masa baftisma a cikin shekarun 1840 kuma an ba shi sunan Kirista na Kereopa, furcin Māori na sunan Littafi Mai-Tsarki Cleopas . Wataƙila ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in 'yan sanda a Auckland a cikin shekarun 1850. An kuma san shi da yaƙi don King Movement a lokacin mamayewar Waikato a 1863. An yi imanin cewa an kashe matarsa da 'ya'yansa mata biyu a wani hari da sojojin gwamnati suka kai a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu 1864 a kauyen Rangiaowhia kusa da Te Awamutu a 1864. An kashe 'yar'uwarsa don kare Hairini da ke kusa da ita washegari.

 Mahaifiyar Mārire 
Ba da daɗewa ba Kereopa ya sadu da annabi Te Ua Haumēne kuma ya tuba zuwa bangaskiyar Pai Mārire. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1864 an tura shi kan wani aiki zuwa kabilun Gabashin Gabas. Umurninsa shine ya tafi cikin salama kuma ya guji rikici da Pākehā .  Yayinda yake a Ōpōtiki an kama mishan Carl Volkner, an gwada shi, an rataye shi kuma an yanke masa kai ta ikilisiyarsa  a cikin abin da aka sani da Volkner Incident . Nan da nan bayan haka Kereopa ya yi wa'azi daga fadar Volkner inda ya cire idanun mishan daga kansa ya ci su.

Kereopa da mabiyansa na Pai Mārire sun ci gaba zuwa Gisborne, sannan zuwa tsaunukan Urewera don yin wa'azi ga mutanen Tūhoe. A shekara ta 1865 ya yi ƙoƙari ya koma Waikato amma ƙungiyar yaƙi ta Ngāti Manawa da Ngāti Rangitihi, kūpapa Maori waɗanda suka goyi bayan gwamnati sun ƙi shi. Bayan yakin da ya biyo baya an ce Kereopa ya cinye idanun uku daga cikin abokan gaba da aka kashe. Don wannan da cin idanun Volkner, an ba shi lakabi Kai Whatu (Mai cin ido). Daga nan sai ya koma Ureweras inda ya sami mafaka kuma ya kasance a ɓoye na shekaru biyar masu zuwa.

A farkon shekarun 1870 sojojin gwamnati da ke neman Te Kooti sun shiga Ureweras. An ci nasara a kan Tūhoe kuma an kafa dokar mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya da tsari. Kereopa, wanda ke da kyautar £ 1,000 don kama shi, yana ɓoye a kusa da Ruatahuna. Manjo Ropata Wahawaha ya jagoranci jam'iyyar Ngāti Porou a can kuma Tūhoe ya mika masa Kereopa a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba.

An yi wa Kereopa shari'a saboda kisan Volkner a Napier a ranar 21 ga Disamban shekarar 1871. An yanke masa hukunci kuma, duk da roƙon gafara daga mishan William Colenso, wanda ya lura cewa an riga an biya hukunci saboda laifin, an rataye shi a Napier a ranar 5 ga Janairun 1872.  Iwi nasa Ngati Rangiwehi ya ce shari'ar tana da sakamakon da aka ƙaddara kuma ta kasance rashin adalci. An gafarta wa Kereopa bayan mutuwarsa a matsayin wani ɓangare na Yarjejeniyar Waitangi a cikin 2014 . Ngāti Rangiwewehi Claims Settlement Bill, April 2014.

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 Ƙarin karantawa 

 Babi na 5: Kashewar Völkner da Fulloon, a cikin Rahoton Ngati Awa Raupatu . Kotun Waitangi, 1999.