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New Zealand Police confirmed they had received a formal letter on the matter. Human rights lawyer Deborah Manning expressed concerns about the welfare of the Gloriavale members abroad. In response, Gloriavale's Peter Righteous said that the New Zealand women had travelled to India and married of their own free will, and that they maintained ...
Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) [1] is the Māori-language name for New Zealand.The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu – where Te Ika-a-Māui means North Island, and Te Waipounamu means South Island. [2]
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[20] [21] It was the first book printed in New Zealand and his 1837 Māori New Testament was the first indigenous language translation of the Bible published in the southern hemisphere. [22] Demand for the Māori New Testament, and for the Prayer Book that followed, grew exponentially, as did Christian Māori leadership and public Christian ...
King Country (Te Rohe Pōtae) – district where the Māori King Movement led by King Tawhiao flourished in the 1860s; Kirikiriroa (Hamilton, New Zealand) - "long stretch of river alluvial soils" By Tana Te Urunga Wetere O Tainui me te Ngai Tahu Aotearoa Me Te Waipounamu. Kirwee – named after Karwi, India by retired British Army colonel De ...
The name Jesus (Yeshua) appears to have been in use in the Land of Israel at the time of the birth of Jesus. [ 2 ] [ 19 ] Moreover, Philo 's reference in Mutatione Nominum item 121 to Joshua ( Ἰησοῦς ) meaning salvation ( σωτηρία ) of the Lord indicates that the etymology of Joshua was known outside Israel. [ 20 ]
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 600 smaller islands.
The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.