Poetry+-+Social+Justice

**Poetry unit with the theme of social justice – protest poetry, more or less, focusing on Parihaka and on 1960s poetry and lyrics.**
Apirana Taylor has written a poem //Parihaka// that, when I heard him perform it, caused goose bumps. Here is a link to an interview in which he mentions it []. Also on his CD //Footprints in Tears, Thumb Prints in Blood//. Another one that may be suitable on the same CD is //Zig Zag Roads//, which looks at the purchase of Pakeha land and the confiscation of Maori land for the creation of roads in Taranaki. Another book on Parihaka, the art of Passive Resistance published by Wellington City Gallery in 2001 It includes art work, history, and a collection of poems about Parihaka. Highly recommended. 