Te Whiti o Rongomai and ­the Resistance of Parihaka By Danny Keenan.

Te Whiti o Rongomai and ­the Resistance of Parihaka By Danny Keenan.

Publisher:
Huia Publishers, Wellington, 2015. First edition.

Reading copy. Softback, minor edge/shelf-wear, large inscription inside front cover, 2 pages have some marginalia, light stain inside back cover and a little rippling to edge of last couple of pages.
276 pages, illustrated.

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 disempowerment Maori experienced and his response to these. The book discusses the struggles Te Whiti had, as understood by some of his living relatives, against native policy of the time, and it gives insights into the motivations of Te Whiti and his actions. It explores the community at Parihaka, its resistance and the consequences of this and looks at Maori and government actions and responses up to the present day.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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