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.
Parihaka had become the symbol of opposition to the government policy of land confiscation in the aftermath of the New Zealand Wars. Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi were imprisoned without trial after the military occupation of the south Taranaki community in November 1881.
