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Which Māori prophet and military leader, who founded the Ringatū faith after surviving a shipwreck and being captured during the East Coast wars, led a guerrilla campaign against colonial forces in Te Urewera from 1868 to 1872?

Answer: Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki — Te Kooti, unjustly exiled to the Chatham Islands without trial, escaped with 168 followers aboard the seized schooner Rifleman and waged a brilliant guerrilla campaign that evaded colonial forces for four years before receiving sanctuary in the King Country.

Te Kooti, unjustly exiled to the Chatham Islands without trial, escaped with 168 followers aboard the seized schooner Rifleman and waged a brilliant guerrilla campaign that evaded colonial forces for four years before receiving sanctuary in the King Country.

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