The Maori Party wants Parihaka remembered November 5. But I think Parihaka has been blown out of all proportion by today's part-Maori.
Maori were squatting, living on land that had been purchased by the Crown from their conquerer, Te Whero Whero and had no right to squat on this land.
As illegal activity was known to be occurring at Parihaka, as well as the habouring of 'wanted rebels”, the Colonial Government sent in a large force to remove them peacefully. While one young boy had his foot stood on by a horse, there were no other casualties.
Te Whiti, the leader of the group, was jailed for 18 months for sedition; others were sent to the South Island.
Taranaki tribes were driven from their lands by Waikato Maori, one-third slaughtered, one-third taken as slaves and the rest fleeing to the Wellington area.
Taranaki was left 'empty”, with the 900 that fled to Wellington commandeered the ‘Rodney' and sailed to the Chatham Islands, where they slaughtered the peace-loving Moriori. More than 1000 were killed at the Chathams, no-one was killed at Parihaka. There was a holocaust, but it was at the Chathams not Taranaki. All the evidence is held in our New Zealand Archives.
Ian Brougham, Wanganui.
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Memorial not needed
Posted on 18-11-2013 15:59 | By G. Graham
There was a holocaust at Taranaki, admitted above by Ian brougham that Waikatos slaughtered 1/3rd of Taranakis, enslaved a 1/3 and drove the other half south. The Waitangi Tribunal, founded on a false English Treaty bearing a false place/date of supposed signing can afford to lie. It does not take the oath, allow non-Maori right of appeal and has been found falsifying evidence to justify its findings, i.e. apologies and settlements are arrived at by judging from when the troops fired the first shot which was 7 years after Maori unrest in Taranaki. Would not its founding on a false document nullify its existance?
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