Tarore

Her story is treasured by the New Zealand church as an example of forgiveness after her father chose not seek revenge against her killers following her death, and her gospel book was key to the spread of Christianity amongst Māori.

The Māori law of utu required revenge for her death, but at her tangi (funeral) her Christian father spoke words of forgiveness and said "do not rise up to obtain satisfaction for her.

"[3][4][5][6][7][8] Several weeks later, back in Rotorua, Uita asked visiting ex-slave, mission school educated Ripahau (also known as Matahau) of Ngāti Awa to explain the book to him.

[3][4][5][6][7][9] Tarore's grave was located in 1976 at the Matamata pā (fortification) site near the village of Waharoa, and the following year a white cross headstone and plaque were created to commemorate her death, her father's forgiveness and the spread of Christianity through New Zealand that was influenced by her book.

[11] The Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See, Sir David Moxon described Tarore's story and gospel book as "amongst the taonga (treasures) of the Church in Aotearoa".