Events In History
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19 February 1883Release of Parihaka leaders Te Whiti and TohuParihaka had become the symbol of opposition to the government policy of land confiscation in the aftermath of the New Zealand Wars. Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi were imprisoned without trial after the military occupation of the south Taranaki community in November 1881. Read more...
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5 November 1881Attack on pacifist settlement at ParihakaParihaka had come to symbolise protest gainst the confiscation of Māori land. Its leaders, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi, were arrested and exiled until March 1883. Read more...
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26 May 1879Parihaka ploughing campaign beginsUnder the leadership of Te Whiti and Tohu Kākahi, Parihaka Māori began a ploughing campaign in protest against European settlement on land confiscated from Māori. Read more...
Articles
Tītokowaru's war
In the 1980s James Belich argued that Tītokowaru’s war had become a ‘dark secret’ of New Zealand history, ‘forgotten by the Pākehā as a child forgets a nightmare’. For Belich, Tītokowaru was ‘arguably the best general New Zealand has ever produced’.
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Page 8 – A return to peace
In late 1869 Tītokowaru had his third conversion to peace, after which his relationship with Te Whiti and Tohu Kākahi of Parihaka strengthened.
Treaty timeline
See some of the key events between 1800 and 1849 relating to the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Page 2 - Treaty events 1850-99See the key events between 1850 and 1899 relating to the Treaty of
Biographies
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Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti
Te Whiti was a Taranaki leader and prophet. A resistance movement based at Parihaka was led by him and Tohu Kākahi. Te Whiti was arrested following the infamous raid on Parihaka by Armed Constabulary in 1881.
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Titokowaru, Riwha
Ngā Ruahine prophet, military leader, master tactician, peacemaker and Parihaka supporter, Tītokowaru was one of New Zealand's most important nineteenth-century figures.
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Tohu Kākahi
The prophet Tohu Kākahi of Te Āti Awa helped led the peaceful resistance movement at Parihaka. He was arrested by Armed Constabulary in 1881 and held without trial until 1883.
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Bryce, John
Native Minister who was in charge at the time 1,600 Armed Constabluary destroyed the settlement of Parihaka in November 1881
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Sheehan, John
Lawyer John Sheehan, the first European New Zealand-born Parliamentarian, represented Māori in land claim cases. In the later part of his career, he damaged many of his relationships with Māori through bungled negotiations and his own incompetence.
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Hall, John
John Hall was a force in our politics for several decades, serving as Premier and leading the parliamentary campaign for votes for women.
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Main image: Parihaka, Mt Egmont and comet
Retouched photograph showing a comet over Mt Egmont/Taranaki and Parihaka village
