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Story: Whangārei tribes

Aotea (Great Barrier Island)

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Aotea (Great Barrier Island)

From the end of the 19th century, the government took large areas of Māori land on the east coast offshore islands for nature reserves. On Aotea 60% of the land is today in reserve.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Whangārei tribes – Land loss, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1055/aotea-great-barrier-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.