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Māori land loss, North Island

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Māori land loss, North Island

By 1860, considerably more land in the North Island had passed out of Māori ownership. This map indicates in red those areas that had been alienated.

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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/4224/maori-land-loss-north-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

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