HOW IS THE INVASION OF PARIHAKA RELEVANT TO THE TREATY OF WAITANGI? 

the invasion of Parihaka is relevant to the treaty of Waitangi because the British and the Maori had signed a contract which had rights to both of them and that they would let the Maori own and control their lands and their lives , but the government did not do what it said in the contract and that was when the 1600 government troops invaded the western Taranaki settlement of Parihaka which was led by one of the volunteers : Native Affairs Minister John Bryce on the 5th of November 1881 . The government troops had come to symbolize peaceful resistance to the confiscation of Maori land , then the government responded with laws directly at the Parihaka protesters and imprisoned several ploughmen without trial. 

 WHAT HAPPEN DURING THIS EVENT ? 

 But a few years after the Treaty was signed, the Government wanted a lot more of their land for British settler families to live on. There was a long war between the Government's army and Taranaki hapu, who wanted to keep their land. It was a terrifying time for the children because there was so much violence and they didn't know what to do but to worry  about their homes and their families. Many of the adults in their families were killed and some children were killed too. Many of their homes and food gardens were knocked down and destroyed.  The Government wanted to punish those Taranaki hapu who had fought back against his army so the Government then decided to confiscate the land belonging to those hapu , he said he would give some of the land back so that the Maori would have a place to live but he didn't give any back for more then 10 years 

what effect did it have on people ?

but now the situation today is that the  Taranaki iwi have still not received the land that was promised after the war. Some Taranaki women still wear the raukura in their hair, a sign of peace that originates from the Parihaka peaceful protests. The people still have not recovered the quality of life they had before the Government destroyed their communities. The families have not forgotten all the terrible things that happened to their people. Parents told their children what happened, and when those children grew up, they told their children, and so on till the present day.