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131 pages
Contents: 1. Post-colonial myths -- 2. The making of the Parihaka myth -- 3. Cult religion -- 4. Land wars -- 5. Aggression without guns -- 6. Paradise lost -- 7. 'Passive but bounceable' -- 8. Behold a white horse : the occupation of Parihaka -- 9. Aftermath : John Bryce and Billy Te Whiti
Summary: The 'colonial invasion' of Parihaka in 1881 and the arrest of its self-styled 'prophets' Te Whiti and Tohu, have become a major part of the New Zealand narrative that has been revised to inculcate a guilt complex into European, especially British-descended, New Zealanders in the interests of tribal agendas. As such, the Parihaka legend ranks alongside America's 'Wounded Knee' and South Africa's 'Sharpeville' as part of a world-wide offensive against the past, present and future of European-descended peoples. Dr Kerry Bolton delves deeply into the huge body of extant historical documentation, contemporary to Parihaka's founding prophet, and lays the entire, lame, fantasy bare for all to see. (Publisher)