John Bryce
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John Bryce was a New Zealand politician from 1871 to 1891 and Minister of Native Affairs from 1879 to 1884. In his attitudes to Māori land questions, he favoured strict legal actions against Māori opp
Bryce, c. 1870s
Bryce (top left) in a cartoon depiction of the Whitaker Ministry
Parihaka
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Parihaka is a community in the Taranaki region of New Zealand, located between Mount Taranaki and the Tasman Sea. In the 1870s and 1880s the settlement, then reputed to be the largest Māori village in
John Bryce
…1884. In his attitudes to Māori land questions, he favoured strict legal actions against Māori opposed to alienation, and he directed the invasion of Parihaka and the arrest of the movement's leaders. Described as stubborn and embittered to Māori questions, Bryce was the public face of a harsh policy towards…
Parihaka: the grave of Te Whiti and the foundations of Te Raukura, 19 November 2005
Parihaka Maori settlement, Taranaki, New Zealand, c. 1880
Parihaka village (before 1886)
Te Whiti being led from Parihaka, November 1881