Kereopa Te Rau (? – 5 January 1872) was a leader of Pai Mārire (Hauhau), a Māori religion. He played a key role in the Volkner Incident and was subsequently...

and decapitated, and his eyes were gouged out and swallowed by Kereopa Te Rau. Kereopa apparently proclaimed that the left eye represented Parliament...

killed. The following year authorities accused the Tūhoe of sheltering Kereopa Te Rau, a Hauhau wanted for killing and beheading Karl Volkner, a missionary...

against Pai Mārire. At the end of the year, a key leader of the Hauhau, Kereopa Te Rau was sent to the East Cape to gain support for the Pai Mārire among the...

and hanged from a tree, and his body was decapitated an hour later. Kereopa Te Rau, a Hauhau, was alleged to have re-entered the church and conducted a...

local church, where his eyes were removed and eaten by the prophet Kereopa Te Rau. The killing was claimed to be in part revenge for Völkner's activities...

were sheltering. One welcome catch who fell into Ropata's hands was Kereopa Te Rau, accused of Volkner's murder; he was worth £1,000 to his captors. On...

economist Kereopa Te Rau (died 1872), leader of the Māori Pai Mārire movement Marcel Rau [fr] (1886–1966), Belgian sculptor and coin engraver Milo Rau (born...

1865 Pai Mārire leader Te Ua Haumēne sent two prophets, Kereopa Te Rau and Patara Raukatauri, to convert East Coast tribes. Kereopa, an ageing veteran of...

but also helped with Māori burials. The wife and two daughters of Kereopa Te Rau were killed in the attack, and his sister was killed in defence of the...