Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 26, 2019 7:20:44 GMT 12
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF NZ WARS AND THE PATHWAY TO RECONCILIATION
Tiri Porter remembers how moved she when she first stood on the whenua at Te Kōhia Pā.
In the pre-dawn darkness, she heard nothing but rustling trees and saw only the silhouetted shapes of people standing. It was then that emotion overwhelmed her.
She was transported back more than 150 years, to when the first shots were fired by the British against Māori staying at the pā site on March 17, 1860. It was the day that marked the beginning of the first Taranaki war.
"It felt like being there."
Remembering what happened in Taranaki during the civil conflict, which dogged the nation between 1845-1872, a period known as the New Zealand Wars, will be front and centre from Monday.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/116745121/knowledge-and-understanding-of-nz-wars-and-the-pathway-to-reconciliation
Tiri Porter remembers how moved she when she first stood on the whenua at Te Kōhia Pā.
In the pre-dawn darkness, she heard nothing but rustling trees and saw only the silhouetted shapes of people standing. It was then that emotion overwhelmed her.
She was transported back more than 150 years, to when the first shots were fired by the British against Māori staying at the pā site on March 17, 1860. It was the day that marked the beginning of the first Taranaki war.
"It felt like being there."
Remembering what happened in Taranaki during the civil conflict, which dogged the nation between 1845-1872, a period known as the New Zealand Wars, will be front and centre from Monday.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/116745121/knowledge-and-understanding-of-nz-wars-and-the-pathway-to-reconciliation