I am the third generation born since those monsters on these walls inflicted muru raupatu on Taranaki. Many of my tūpuna were Hauhau leaders and fought alongside Tītokowaru. Many of my tūpuna stood alongside Tohu and Te Whiti at Parihaka. My great-grandfather, my koro Hohepa Ngarewa Tumahuki, was our only survivor to return home after being sent by the Government to life imprisonment in a Dunedin prison in 1869 simply for fighting to stop the confiscation of his land. A mere 16-year-old, the same age as my son, he was taken alongside his father, grandfathers, brothers, and uncles. Many in Wellington at the time pleaded for our people, even to the Premier, Fox, who responded, "these people have committed two great offences, for which they deserve death, and therefore they will not now be pardoned."