Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 20, 2020 2:24:31 GMT 12
RANGIRIRI EVENT A CELEBRATION OF SURVIVAL
Tainui iwi will this weekend mark the anniversary of the start of the 1863 Waikato Invasion by celebrating 157 years of resistance.
Te Pūtake o te Riri organiser Brad Totorewa says the focus will be Rangiriri Pā, where 500 Kiingitanga warriors were overwhelmed by 1400 heavily armed British soldiers.
Brad Totorewa says the iwi is also celebrating a $3 million grant from the Provincial Growth Fund to restore trenches used on the site for education purposes, and also its purchase of a 12 hectare block behind the pā which formed an escape path after the battle......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjYwOTQ/Rangiriri-event-a-celebration-of-survival
Tainui iwi will this weekend mark the anniversary of the start of the 1863 Waikato Invasion by celebrating 157 years of resistance.
Te Pūtake o te Riri organiser Brad Totorewa says the focus will be Rangiriri Pā, where 500 Kiingitanga warriors were overwhelmed by 1400 heavily armed British soldiers.
Brad Totorewa says the iwi is also celebrating a $3 million grant from the Provincial Growth Fund to restore trenches used on the site for education purposes, and also its purchase of a 12 hectare block behind the pā which formed an escape path after the battle......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjYwOTQ/Rangiriri-event-a-celebration-of-survival