Te whiti
Te Whiti was born in 1830 on the coast of Parihaka. He was the son of a minor chief who established a village in Parihaka. Te Whiti lived peacefully the cost of Parihaka until 1865 when his village was burnt down. After that happened he attended Riemenscheiders mission School were he found out he was very good at bible studies. When he left school he set up a flour mill in Warea.
By 1870 Parihaka was the biggest village in the country. The European encroachment on Māori land threatened all Māori settlements. Te Whiti sent out his people to obstruct the surveys and to plough on confiscated land. When arrested the ploughmen offered no resistance but were often treated harshly. Te Whiti was a man of peace. he believed in non-violence and he conhnued with his this belief until he died.
Te Whiti was instuted by the pakeha to hold the monthly meetings. because he did not do this he was imprisoned.
In 1880 the Parihaka people erected barricades across roads, pulled survey pegs and escorted road builders and surveyors out of the district. He was then sent to jail while in jail he played mind games with the guards in 1888 his wife died and he was not allowed to go to her funeral a because he was in jail. When he got released he was old and died in 1907.
I think Te Whiti was imspiraional because he believed in non violence and he never used a weapon. he stuck to his beliefs.
By Flynn
Te Whiti was born in 1830 on the coast of Parihaka. He was the son of a minor chief who established a village in Parihaka. Te Whiti lived peacefully the cost of Parihaka until 1865 when his village was burnt down. After that happened he attended Riemenscheiders mission School were he found out he was very good at bible studies. When he left school he set up a flour mill in Warea.
By 1870 Parihaka was the biggest village in the country. The European encroachment on Māori land threatened all Māori settlements. Te Whiti sent out his people to obstruct the surveys and to plough on confiscated land. When arrested the ploughmen offered no resistance but were often treated harshly. Te Whiti was a man of peace. he believed in non-violence and he conhnued with his this belief until he died.Te Whiti was instuted by the pakeha to hold the monthly meetings. because he did not do this he was imprisoned.
In 1880 the Parihaka people erected barricades across roads, pulled survey pegs and escorted road builders and surveyors out of the district. He was then sent to jail while in jail he played mind games with the guards in 1888 his wife died and he was not allowed to go to her funeral a because he was in jail. When he got released he was old and died in 1907.
I think Te Whiti was imspiraional because he believed in non violence and he never used a weapon. he stuck to his beliefs.
By Flynn
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