Parihaka was a thriving, entrepreneurial and peaceful community, led by  Prophets Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai during the 1870s. That all changed when, on 5th November, 1881 Parihaka was invaded by Government forces. Both Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai were arrested and taken to the South Island, Troops carried out violent acts upon the people, destroyed their homes and crops. Today, according to Parihaka Papakainga Trust Chair Amokura Panoho, there is a small community who live at Parihaka. Positive change is on the horizon, this year the trust received funding from Massey University's Energy Research Centre to conduct research that looks into self-sustainable energy, eventually Parihaka will once again thrive with an infrastructure that meets the people's needs, as Amokura explains.