🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸
@dean-tane.bsky.social
A member of the whoregeoisie fighting for a dicktatorship of the hoeletariat. Takatāpui 🌿🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Kahungunu). Kerryman ☘️
UK-based, Ireland-born, Aotearoa-descended. And with a cacophony of an accent to boot!
UK-based, Ireland-born, Aotearoa-descended. And with a cacophony of an accent to boot!
Big global multilingual moment for all of us out there in the alphabet mafia who grew up with Catholicism
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Big global multilingual moment for all of us out there in the alphabet mafia who grew up with Catholicism
New York City before the 2026 Islamic Revolution
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
New York City before the 2026 Islamic Revolution
Parihaka’s mana, resistance, and courage, can never been forgotten. While fireworks tonight go off remembering *that* failed plot, I’ll think of the wāhine, tāne, and tamariki, who for a time got to live freely once again in our own land.
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Parihaka’s mana, resistance, and courage, can never been forgotten. While fireworks tonight go off remembering *that* failed plot, I’ll think of the wāhine, tāne, and tamariki, who for a time got to live freely once again in our own land.
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
The British Crown only formally acknowledged and apologised for Parihaka’s invasion in 2017. This included making the first acknowledgment of rape in its aftermath, and the “enduring harm to the women of Parihaka, their families, and their descendants until the present day”
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The British Crown only formally acknowledged and apologised for Parihaka’s invasion in 2017. This included making the first acknowledgment of rape in its aftermath, and the “enduring harm to the women of Parihaka, their families, and their descendants until the present day”
The day Parihaka was inavded, adults sat quietly on the marae while children sang. No resistance was made by the community, but in the end, the town was destroyed, taonga stolen, livestock slaughtered. About 1600 people were arrested, with many sent to labour camps in Dunedin in the South Island.
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The day Parihaka was inavded, adults sat quietly on the marae while children sang. No resistance was made by the community, but in the end, the town was destroyed, taonga stolen, livestock slaughtered. About 1600 people were arrested, with many sent to labour camps in Dunedin in the South Island.
Parihaka’s rise only encouraged more European settlers into the Taranaki region, creating a demand for farmland outstripping availability. The colonial government stepped up their efforts to secure more land, and seeing Parihaka as a threat to this, they intervened with force on 5th November 1881
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Parihaka’s rise only encouraged more European settlers into the Taranaki region, creating a demand for farmland outstripping availability. The colonial government stepped up their efforts to secure more land, and seeing Parihaka as a threat to this, they intervened with force on 5th November 1881
Such ‘surprise’ went against the colonial view then (and still now) that Indigenous people were incapable of what was perceived as ‘civilisation’. This did apply to Māori too, who were seen as “more able” unlike their Polynesian neighbours, or even their Aboriginal counterparts across the Tasman.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Such ‘surprise’ went against the colonial view then (and still now) that Indigenous people were incapable of what was perceived as ‘civilisation’. This did apply to Māori too, who were seen as “more able” unlike their Polynesian neighbours, or even their Aboriginal counterparts across the Tasman.
The settlement of Parihaka grew to more than 2000, attracting Māori from all over the Taranaki region dispossessed by the land confiscations. They cultivated their land, kept the old ways alive. The tranquility of the community even surprised European visitors with its cleanliness and industry
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The settlement of Parihaka grew to more than 2000, attracting Māori from all over the Taranaki region dispossessed by the land confiscations. They cultivated their land, kept the old ways alive. The tranquility of the community even surprised European visitors with its cleanliness and industry
Parihaka was founded around 1866, near Taranaki Maunga by the ariki Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. They wanted Māori to regain their land, pride and self-respect after the land confiscations throughout the North Island by the colonial government during the 1845-72 New Zealand Wars.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Parihaka was founded around 1866, near Taranaki Maunga by the ariki Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. They wanted Māori to regain their land, pride and self-respect after the land confiscations throughout the North Island by the colonial government during the 1845-72 New Zealand Wars.
Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
Had the thought “Púca would make a great name for a cat if I had another one” and he just looked at me like so as if he read my mind
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Had the thought “Púca would make a great name for a cat if I had another one” and he just looked at me like so as if he read my mind
And this colour palate goes all the way down, behold!
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
And this colour palate goes all the way down, behold!
Dressed head to toe in autumnal colours for Samhain! 🎃🍂🦇
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Dressed head to toe in autumnal colours for Samhain! 🎃🍂🦇
An icon, a legend, the moment!
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
An icon, a legend, the moment!
Forgot to mention yesterday, they had this festive display at the vets. A real “choose your fighter” experience!
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Forgot to mention yesterday, they had this festive display at the vets. A real “choose your fighter” experience!
It’s bairín breac ssn 🧡
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s bairín breac ssn 🧡
Is that a bird!?
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Is that a bird!?
Looking promising so far!
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Looking promising so far!
He’s still at it 🖤
October 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
He’s still at it 🖤
This one has been glued to me like a limpet to a rock since I came back from my travels
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This one has been glued to me like a limpet to a rock since I came back from my travels
