Bonjour Bloggers,
In Hurumanu 1 we have been learning about the people. We learned about protests like Kate Shepard and how she stood up for women's rights and others like The Great Depression or the Vietnam War. But one protest that really stood out to me is the Parihaka one.
In Hurumanu one with AL(Miss Allan's class) we learned about Parihaka. We split into groups of five or less to solve a puzzle. We had to answer the questions on the puzzle pieces.
Basically to summarise: the Parihaka protest is about how the Pakeha were trying to take the Maori land. They kept confiscating what wasn't their.s So the Tangata Whenua people tried to rise against them and lived on land that belonged to them in the first place, even though they were't allowed on. After some months the Pakeha found out and tried to attack the Maori. Instead of defending they fed the soldiers and invited children to welcome them. However, the Pakeha still sent them to jail. After a few years the Pakeha apologised and Parihaka became a sign of peace.
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