Tūmanako (Rānana Whare)
Ranana is a settlement up the Whanganui River from Whanganui, New Zealand. Originally known as Kauika, it grew after 1848 as local Māori moved out of fortified pā settlements in peacetime. It was renamed by the missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thoma ... Richard Taylor (missionary), Richard Taylor in 1856 for ''Rānana'', a Māori language, Māori transliteration of London. The town's Catholic church, built in the 1880s for the hapū Ngāti Ruakā of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, is still in use. Nearby is Moutoa Island, site of a famous battle in 1864. Ngāti Ruakā and Ngāti Hine Korako have two traditional meeting grounds in Ranana: the Rānana Marae, Rānana or Ruakā Marae and Te Morehu, Te Morehu meeting house, and Te Pou o Rongo, Te Pou o Rongo ...
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