Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Rangiwahia Hut (
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Jumbo Hut (
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Best Views
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Mt Taranaki Summit (
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Pouakai Tarns (
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Mangapurua Trig (
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Mt Holdsworth (
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Background Reading
In
Ask That Mountain,
author Dick Scott vividly captures a seminal period in early
Maori-Pakeha relations. From the mid-1860s Parihaka, a small Maori settlement at the foot
of Mt Taranaki, became the centre of a peaceful resistance movement. In response to the
surveying of confiscated tribal lands, Maori - led by Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu
Kakahi and wearing the movement's iconic white feather in their hair - obstructed develop-
ment by ploughing troughs across roads, erecting random fences and pulling survey pegs.
Despite many Maori being arrested and held without trial, the protests continued and intens-
ified. Finally, in November 1881 the government sent a force of more than 1500 troops to
Parihaka in a quest to quash the resistance.
