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Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation

Native Land Court, Rotorua

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Native Land Court, Rotorua

A Native Land Court sits in Tamatekapua meeting house at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, around 1900. The court's salaried judges were often assisted by Māori assessors.

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Richard Boast, Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation – Establishing the Native Land Court, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19524/native-land-court-rotorua (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Richard Boast, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.