Tena koutou katoa, He mihi nui ki nga tangata o te Ao, Greetings to the people of the world, My name is Mihikeita and I am a Maori from Aotearoa. I am very passionate about Indigenous rights, and Native affairs. This Editorial has been established to educate and give people a inside view into indigenous life and perspectives on the past, present and future. Nau mai, Haere mai, Piki mai, Kake mai!
This Picture was taken at my Koro Waho's Tangi. Tangi means to weep, also means sorrow, Tangi is a Maori funeral. To Maori, Tangi is everything to do with the living.
In 1864 Gate Pa suffered the heaviest artillery bonbardament used by British forces any where in the world at that time. Legendary battle at Gate Pa where 300 maori men and woman took on the might of the British forces.
On November the 5th 1881 the children of Parihaka held hands and sang songs, while the police rode there horses with guns upon there village in Taranaki. Parihaka was a symbol of protest against the confiscation of Maori land. Te Whiti O Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi were the primary Rangatira. Today we remember them.
