Atua Māori & Hāhi Māori: Can They Coexist?

Something for the People · Nov 26, 2025 · 17m

We sit down with Te Taepa Kameta (Rātana Church) for an open and very real kōrero about what it means to live between Atua Māori and the Hāhi in 2025.

Te Taepa takes us back to his childhood - how he was raised, his influences and how he grew up moving between both belief systems. Today, he still walks in that dual space, and we ask him how those beliefs sit side by side.

We also discuss Brian Tāmaki and Destiny Church, and how its more divisive beliefs sit within the wider landscape of Māori spirituality. Te Taepa shares his whakaaro and comes back to one guiding line in the bible, “Me…