A more meaningful event than Guy Fawkes should be remembered on November 5th in #NZ
"On November 5, 1881, close to 1000 volunteers and 500 members of the Armed Constabulary marched on Parihaka, a Māori pacifist community in Taranaki. The community was destroyed, and its leaders, Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi, were imprisoned without trial."
The invasion of the pacifist settlement at Parihaka on this day in 1881 is a pivotal moment in Taranaki history. What’s less well known are the southern connections to the conflict, as historian Vincent O’Malley explains. #Aotearoa#Parihaka#Indigenous#Indigedon#IndigenousMastodon#Native#NZ
They called it Parihaka. #OTD 142 years ago, 1600 troops advanced on Parihaka and arrested non-violent resistance leaders Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi, sacked the settlement and committed atrocities. Today is Parihaka Day or Te Rā o te Pāhua (The Day of Plunder) 😔 #Aotearoa#Parihaka#Indigenous#Indigedon#IndigenousMastodon#Native#NZ