Te Haahi Ratana - Ratana Pa

Ratana Pa

Ratana Pa, located 20 km south of Wanganui, New Zealand, is the central home of the Ratana Church and Movement. Formerly the farm of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, it became a settlement of Ratana followers in the 1920s. Today, there are 500 residents of Ratana Pa. Located there is the 2,000 seat Holy Temple of Jehovah, the Manuao (an accommodation facility and head office of the church), the Whare Maori (which contains crutches and wheelchairs from followers who were healed by Ratana in the 1920s and 1930s) and the Ratana Archives Center, which contains artifacts and stories from the history of the Ratana Church.

January 25 and November 8 are anniversary days of the Ratana Church. On these days thousands of members of the church flock to Ratana Pa for the special anniversary services commemorating the Birth Anniversary of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana (January 25, 1873) and the First Vision in which Ratana was ordained by God (November 8, 1918).