One hundred and thirty-seven years ago, on 5 November 1881, a Māori settlement in the small Taranaki township of Parihaka was ransacked by colonial troops. Dr Rachel Buchanan says the writing of her book Ko Taranaki te Maunga was a cathartic process after she lost her father Leo Buchanan to cancer. We also hear an archival recording of the late Te Miringa Hohaia talking about Taranaki leader Titokowaru and the impact that legislation had on the people of Parihaka.