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Kōrero: Taranaki tribe

‘Pari‘aka’

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‘Pari‘aka’

The story of Parihaka has resonance beyond Taranaki, and has inspired many New Zealand artists and writers. This 1989 painting is by Lily Aitui Laita, who is of Samoan and Māori ancestry, with tribal links to Ngāti Raukawa and Rangitāne.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: B.038974

by Lily Aitui Laita

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Miringa Hōhaia, Taranaki tribe – Taranaki tribe today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/1881/pariaka (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Miringa Hōhaia, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.