The Events of Parihaka

Parihaka
WALT: Summarise facts and give my opinion

My opinions on the events of Parihaka...Te Whiti and Tohu are inspirational leaders because they showed that violence was not the answer, and that if they hadn't done what they did, things could have been a lot worse. They showed that not even laying a finger on the Europeans they did the right thing. They advocated non-violence because  it wasn't in their natural behavior and they knew that their only place was Parihaka. If they had tried to fight it would only result in their families being killed and also they would probably be kicked out of Parihaka. I think that the actions of the Europeans were very unacceptable, because they signed the Treaty of Waitangi  and acted like they never did sign it, went off raping and killing people. I think their actions were selfish and cruel.