Quote by Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki: “Though we suffer, a day of reckoning and justice will surely come.”

This prophetic statement offers hope and resilience amidst hardship, assuring followers that their current suffering is temporary and that divine justice will ultimately prevail. It fuels their perseverance through difficult times.

During years of intense guerrilla warfare and pursuit by colonial forces, Te Kooti offered his followers spiritual solace and the promise of future vindication, strengthening their resolve and belief in their cause.

Māori religious prophet and military leader who founded the Ringatū faith in New Zealand in the 1860s while imprisoned without trial on the Chatham Islands by the colonial government. After escaping, he led a guerrilla campaign before receiving a pardon in 1883. He is a complex and contested figure in New Zealand history.