Parihaka- A Personal Journey with author Dr Patricia Berwick

Summit Marlborough Heritage Festival: Parihaka – A Personal Journey with author Dr Patricia Berwick

Join us for a special afternoon with Dr Patricia Berwick an anthropologist and educator. She was the senior researcher for Ngati Maru (Taranaki), and Te Atiawa (Wellington), a former Māori Community Officer and Director of Te Reo Whanaungatanga. Currently Patricia is a novel writer in Picton, New Zealand.

Dr Patricia Berwick has had a life-long association with the events or Parihaka, join us for an afternoon of sharing to learn more about her journey and the events at Parihaka which we are all learning more about today.

Her books include:

Unauthorized Power – Parihaka, a Social History
This social history is as much about our past as it is about our present. Our society today parallels the events in the 1870s-80s.

A Fragile Strength
The extraordinary story of the challenges for a young girl growing up in Taranaki, New Zealand, in the 1860s to 1880s, her sufferings at the hands of an abusive father, are interwoven with the unfortunate events surrounding the siege of Parihaka, and how these happenings were to impact on her life.

Bookings Essential. RSVP by Friday 7 October phone 03 578 1712 or email info@marlboroughmuseum.org.nz.