Te whiti o rongomai biography of albert

New Zealand Māori spiritual leader (c. 1830–1907)

Te Whiti o Rongomai III (c. 1830 – 18 November 1907) was a Māori spiritual leader and founder of the village of Parihaka, in New Zealand's Taranaki region.

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In more than 1, colonial troops invaded the village of Parihaka near the Taranaki coast as tangata whenua led by Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and.

Te Whiti's belief in the principles of peace and goodwill kept him from the excesses of the Pai Mārire movement, which had only encouraged the.

Te Whiti established Parihaka community as a place of sanctuary and peace for Māori many of whom seeking refuge as their land was confiscated in the early 1860s. Parihaka became a place of peaceful resistance to the encroaching confiscations.

On 5 November 1881, the village was invaded by 1500 Armed Constabulary with its leaders arrested and put on trial. Te Whiti was sent to Christchurch at the Crown's insistence after it was clear the crown was losing its case in New Plymouth.

Aroha Harris, an associate professor in history at the University of Auckland, looks at the rightful place of Māori history within the curriculum.

The trial, however, was never reconvened and Te Whiti, along with Tohu were held for two years. Te Whiti and Tohu returned to Parihaka in 1883, seeking to rebuild Parihaka as a place of learning and cultural development though land protests continued.

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