In 1862 Te Ua Haumene established a new
religion, Hauhau based on the principle of pai marire – goodness and
peace. Most settlers viewed Hauhau as a anti-European
religion that became synonymous with ‘violence, fanaticism and
barbarism’.
Tom Ellison was captain of NZ's first official rugby team
in 1893. He invented the wing forward position and in 1903 wrote one of the game's
first coaching manuals. Off
the field he worked as an interpreter in the Native Land Court and became one of the first Maori to be admitted to the Bar.
The prophet Tohu Kakahi of Te Ati Awa, along with Te Whiti o Rongomai, led the peaceful resistance movement at Parihaka. Both men were arrested after the invasion of Pariahaka in 1881 by the Armed Constabulary and were held without trial until 1883.
Te Whiti was a Taranaki leader and prophet. A resistance movement based at Parihaka was led by him and Tohu Kakahi. Te Whiti was arrested following the infamous raid on Parihaka by Armed Constabulary in 1881.
Biography of Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake, who refused to give up his Taranaki land to the New Zealand Company, and in later life joined the pacifist community at Parihaka
