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Māori-owned land, North Island, 1910

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Māori-owned land, North Island, 1910

By 1910 sales and confiscation of land had reduced the area of Māori-owned land in the North Island dramatically. This map indicates in yellow those areas remaining in Māori ownership. Reduced land holdings made farming less economic for some tribes, and forced many Māori to find work in towns and cities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Centennial Historical Atlas Collection

Reference: MapColl-CHA-6/2/6-Acc.38315

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Paul Meredith, Urban Māori – Urbanisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/3672/maori-owned-land-north-island-1910 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Meredith, published 4 March 2009, updated 17 February 2015.