Remembering Te Pāhuatanga o Parihaka

Remember, remember, Te Pāhuatanga o Parihaka; the passive resistance of Te Whiti and Tohu. There are now a growing number of books and resources celebrating their lives and deep commitment to the idea of passive resistance. Have a browse and a read of the titles below, learn more and begin to understand this history.

Updated January 8, 2024
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Ko Taranaki te maunga
Buchanan, Rachel
In 1881, colonial troops invaded the village of Parihaka on the Taranaki coast. In an attempt to quell the non-violent direct action taken by the community against land confiscations, the government sent over 1500 troops into the village. Many people were expelled, buildings destroyed, and chiefs Te...
The Parihaka album : lest we forget
Buchanan, Rachel
The 1881 invasion of Parihaka is one of the most disturbing events in New Zealand history. Blending the personal and the historical, this book tracks the author's discovery of her family's links with Parihaka and her Maori and Pakeha ancestors' roles in the early days of the city that is now...
Te Whiti o Rongomai and the resistance of Parihaka
Keenan, Danny
This is an account of the life and times of Te Whiti o Rongomai set against the politics and Crown policies of the nineteenth century. It traces the forces that shaped his life's journey from Ngamotu, where he was born, to his settling at Parihaka and his evolving sense of the injustices and...
Parihaka : the art of passive resistance
Hohaia, Te Miringa.
The invasion of Parihaka, Taranaki, by Pakeha (European) soldiers in 1881 is commemorated and explored in this book as one of the major historical events in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. It analyzes the events leading up to the invasion and the immense strength and spirit of the Parihaka...
Days of darkness : Taranaki, 1878-1884
Riseborough, Hazel
The narrative of the Parihaka community sheds light on a critical period in Aotearoa's colonial past. As the government seized their land, Maori communities across the region engaged in non-violent resistance, with Parihaka emerging as a powerful symbol of defiance under the leadership of Te Whiti o...
Ask that mountain : the story of Parihaka
Scott, Dick
Parihaka has become a byword for Maori refusal to yield land, culture and dignity to New Zealand's colonial government. Well after the end of the New Zealand Wars, the people of this small settlement at the foot of Mt Taranaki held out against the encroachments of Pakeha settlers in a struggle that...
Parihaka invaded
Scott, Dick
The non-violent defiance of Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, Tohu Kakahi and their followers at Parihaka is one of the great New Zealand narratives. This extract from the book by journalist Dick Scott which brought the story to the wider P'keh? world describes what happened when troops and settler volunteers...
The forgotten coast
Shaw, Richard
'You approach family stories with caution and care, especially when a thing long forgotten is uncovered in the telling.'In this deft memoir, Richard Shaw unpacks a generations-old family story he was never told: that his ancestors once farmed land in Taranaki which had been confiscated from its...
Songs and stories of Taranaki = He tuhituhinga Tai hau-a-uru
Te Kahui Kararehe, Poukohatu.
Wanderings with the Mãori prophets, Te Whiti & Tohu (with illustrations of each chief) : being reminiscences of a twelve months' companionship with them, from their arrival in Christchurch in April 1882, until their return to Parihaka in March 1883
Ward, John P.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting,...
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Online resources you can access with your Wellington City Libraries' card, including eBooks from Bridget Williams Books' Treaty Collection, and Bridget Williams Books' New Zealand History Collection, plus many free sites that are excellent Aotearoa New Zealand history resources.

https://digitalnz.org/stories/6540144137b496002f2c62c4

There are now so many online resources linking the stories of Parihaka, Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi – laying out their foundation kaupapa of peaceful resistance. Learn more about Parihaka with some of these resources from Te Ara, NZHistory, NZ On Screen, and a number of other heritage websites.

The forgotten coast
Shaw, Richard
'You approach family stories with caution and care, especially when a thing long forgotten is uncovered in the telling.'In this deft memoir, Richard Shaw unpacks a generations-old family story he was never told: that his ancestors once farmed land in Taranaki which had been confiscated from its...

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