Titokowaru biography of mahatma
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A place for peace
Paulette Tamiti-Elliffe, of Dunedin, is proud of the desperate, revolutionary steps taken by her great great-grandfather Tamiti Whanganui and his people when confronted by a seemingly impossible situation.
Today, the world lauds Mahatma Gandhi for his non-violent resistance, which gave India its independence and offered the global community a different way of dealing with conflict.
But a generation earlier, at the bottom of the Pacific, Whanganui and thousands of other Maori from throughout New Zealand, who had gathered at Parihaka, in Taranaki, under the leadership of Te Whiti O Rongomai, had already blazed the path of passive resistance. Despite being confronted by an armed adversary, despite being sent to forced labour in South Island settlements, including Dunedin, they confronted injustice with peaceful determination.
Four generations later, with a Government apology only five months old, Tamiti-Elliffe could not be more proud of the internationally significant movement in which her ancestor played a part.
"It wasn't submission. They upheld their values. They showed leadership at a time of desperation ... and the
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Te Whiti o Rongomai: A Forerunner of Gandhi – by Helena Nielson
Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi are all well known as advocates of peace, but not many people, even in New Zealand, have heard of Te Whiti, a Maori leader who practised nonviolent resistance against the British Empire two generations before Gandhi. It is unclear whether Gandhi was inspired by Te Whiti’s philosophy and actions but there is evidence that he heard about him from two Irish visitors who had visited Parihaka, Te Whiti’s model community in New Zealand. This article is an attempt to acknowledge and honour Te Whiti’s life and achievements.
Te Whiti o Rongomai
Te Whiti o Rongomai was born in the early nineteenth century in Taranaki on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. As the son of a minor Maori chief, he was educated in Maori traditions and learnt to read and write at a Catholic missionary school. His favourite book in the Bible was Revelations and, in adult life, he often used quotations from the Bible.
The mid nineteenth century saw a period of relatively peaceful coexistence between the Maori and what were small numbers of European settlers. In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between the British government and many Maori chiefs giving Britain sove