What happened after the invasion at Parihaka?

On the 22 November, three weeks after the invasion of Parihaka, the last group of 150 prisoners were marched away. 2,200 people were at Parihaka. 1600 people were kicked off the land- only 20 went voluntarily. 600 were allowed to remain. A road had already been surveyed through the village and the land was ready to be sold.


On November 5, (the day of the invasion)  the people were given 1 hour to leave- but it took 3 weeks. Te Whiti and Tohu were the first to be arrested. They were taken away to Pungarehu blockhouse (a small jail).
Over the next two days the soldiers went from house to house looking for firearms and ransacking houses- throwing things around. The people of Parihaka remained sitting on the marae.
On November 8, Bryce, the leader of the troops, called on the various iwi members to return to their previous homes. 'Go away to all of you," he shouted. "Pack up your things, go and leave this place."
A notice was also put up telling Waikato, Wanganui, 'Ngati- Awas' and others to leave.
On November 9, more iwi leaders were arrested and taken to Pungarehu with Te Whiti, Tohu and some of their family.
Over the next two days more people were arrested and there was an attempt to disperse the Wanganui iwi members. On November 15, Bryce ordered his troops to start destroying the houses. The people still refused to leave and then an old man was found who would identify those people from other areas.
1000 people (mainly women and children) were lined up and the old man pointed out those from other iwi. The North Taranaki people were then sorted and were marched away to Waitara by soldiers.  Another group of 200 were marched south to Opunake.
Bryce then had the troops destroy 45 acres (not hectares) of crops- mainly kumara, potatoes and tobacco.
On 18 November, Bryce decided to just arrest men indiscriminately- as many as 400 were arrested on this one day alone.
By 20 November, 1443 people were forcibly kicked out of Parihaka and many of the houses (including Te Whiti's whare nui or meeting house) were destroyed. The troops had killed and eaten many of the pigs, geese and cows belonging to the village.
By the time that Bryce and the troops left the village on November 25 only those who had a signed pass were allowed to return to Parihaka to get their things or take away crops from the fields that were not destroyed.
Knowing that many of the people kicked out of Parihaka would starve and be homeless Bryce announced: "Should additional difficulty arise from want of food, I propose to give the men work at low wages, but I will carefully avoid all pampering."

The work he wanted to give them?
Building new roads on their own confiscated land.

Of the prisoners taken away- many of them were jailed and away from Taranaki for more than three years.

Source: Ask that Mountain- the story of Parihaka by Dick Scott