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Story: Taranaki tribe

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Tribal origins

  3. Relationships with other tribes

  4. European arrival

  5. Resistance

  6. Taranaki tribe today

  7. Facts and figures

  8. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Tribal origins

Mt Taranaki

Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont)

Taranaki tribal area

Taranaki tribal area

The peaks of Taranaki

The peaks of Taranaki

The home of the ancestors

The home of the ancestors

From page 2 - Relationships with other tribes

Patu muka (flax pounder)

Patu muka (flax pounder)

Near Te Namu

Near Te Namu

From page 3 - European arrival

Lutheran mission station at Wārea, about 1850

Lutheran mission station at Wārea, about 1850

‘Mr Spain investigates land claims at New Plymouth, Mt
    Eliot, June 1844’

‘Mr Spain investigates land claims at New Plymouth, Mt Eliot, June 1844’

Battle at Katikara River

Battle at Katikara River

Memorial to Māori at Katikara

Memorial to Māori at Katikara

Unveiling of the Katikara Memorial, 2002

Unveiling of the Katikara Memorial, 2002

From page 4 - Resistance

Te Ua Haumēne’s flag

Te Ua Haumēne’s flag

Parihaka gatherings

Parihaka gatherings

Government forces near Parihaka

Government forces near Parihaka

Former prisoners return to Parihaka

Former prisoners return to Parihaka

From page 5 - Taranaki tribe today

‘Comet over Mt Egmont’

‘Comet over Mt Taranaki and Parihaka’

‘Pari‘aka’

‘Pari‘aka’

Advertisement for Parihaka exhibition

Advertisement for Parihaka exhibition

How to cite this page:

Te Miringa Hōhaia, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/taranaki-tribe/media (accessed 28 May 2022)

Story by Te Miringa Hōhaia, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2017

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