- Founded in 1867 by Te Whiti O Rongomai.
- Intended to help prevent further bloodshed by being open rather than a fortress.
- Māori were attracted to it as a site of Māori autonomy, away from colonial settlements.
- By 1870s Parihaka was one of the most prosperous and populous Māori settlement in the country.
- Parihaka became a model of hard work, enterprise and communal responsibility.
- slaughterhouse, bakery, bank and generated its own electricity.
Threats to Parihaka
- Te Whiti refused to accept illegal confiscation.
- Monthly meetings warned against increasing bribery and corruption from Colonials for land.
- European visitors were still welcomed with hospitality, dignity and courtesy.
- BUT they were living illegally on confiscated land – calls to thwart a rebellious enemy were made.
- Surveying of the land for roads, telegraph and settlement using land at Parihaka started July 1878
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