sentences:  Prophets such as Te Kooti, Rua Kenana and Te Whiti are sometimes seen as early Māori activists.The Māori King movement was also an important focus of resistance, especially in the Taranaki and Waikato regions,although the Taranaki support for the king movement was limited with Wiremu Kingi, the dominant Taranaki chief, suddenly returning to Taranaki when government gunboats appeared in the Waikato River at Rangiriri .Some Māori also worked within systems such as the New Zealand Parliament in order to resist land loss and cultural imperialism.