Mohi Tūrei (c.1829 – 2 March 1914) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, minister of religion, orator and composer of haka.
He was an accomplished carver including working on the Hinerupe meeting house (Wharenui) at Te Araroa,[2] the interior carvings of Ohinewaiapu Marae.
[3] While Turei embraced Christianity, he acquired an understanding of old Maori religion and traditional learning from Pita Kapiti, a tohunga, at Te Tapere-Nui-ā-Whatonga.
The Māori were: at Tokomaru, Matiaha Pahewa; at Wairoa, Tamihana Huata; at Turanga, Hare Tawhaa; at Waiapu, Rota Waitoa, Raniera Kawhia and Mohi Turei; at Table Cape, Watene Moeka; at Maketu, Ihaia Te Ahu.
[7] The Waiapu Maori Church, representing the district from Hicks Bay to Table Cape (Kahutara Point), Māhia Peninsula, met at Turanganui on 30 October 1870.
[8] Tūrei opposed the Pai Mārire movement (commonly known as Hauhau) when its missionaries were active on the East Coast by 1865.