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Ngāti Whātua settlement at Ōkahu Bay

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Ngāti Whātua settlement at Ōkahu Bay

Despite welcoming the Pākehā to Auckland, Ngāti Whatua rapidly lost their lands there, and by 1854 had only the Ōrākei block at Ōkahu Bay. This photograph shows the settlement in 1907.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāti Whātua – Ngāti Whātua and the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1208/ngati-whatua-settlement-at-okahu-bay (accessed 4 June 2026).

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