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Story: Te ture – Māori and legislation

Rēnata Kawepō, 1880s

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Rēnata Kawepō, 1880s

The great Ngāti Kahungunu chief Rēnata Kawepō agreed to sell land to the government in the 1850s but later resisted large-scale land sales.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Samuel Carnell Collection (PAColl-3979)

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by Samuel Carnell

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Rāwiri Taonui, Te ture – Māori and legislation – The Native Land Court, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36538/renata-kawepo-1880s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 13 June 2012.