Events tagged with "te whiti"

Historical Events tagged with "te whiti"

Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.

Eviction of Māori from Parihaka Settlement

November 5th, 1881 143 years ago

In a significant act of state power, Minister of Native Affairs John Bryce led a force of 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces to evict around 2000 residents from the Māori settlement at Parihaka. This action resulted in the destruction of the settlement, illustrating the tensions between the New Zealand government and Māori communities over land confiscations and sovereignty.