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Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation

All images and media

From page 1 - Land tenure and alienation

Motupoi pā

Loss of Māori land

Loss of Māori land

Waitangi Tribunal report

Waitangi Tribunal report

From page 2 - Pre-Treaty transactions

Nōpera Pana-kareao

Nōpera Pana-kareao

Kerikeri stone store

Kerikeri stone store

Deed of sale

William Wakefield

William Wakefield

Wellington Harbour, 1841

Wellington Harbour, 1841

From page 3 - Crown pre-emption

Treaty of Waitangi

Treaty of Waitangi

Land ownership in Wairarapa, around 1860

Land ownership in Wairarapa, around 1860

Ngāi Tahu deed of sale

Ngāi Tahu deed of sale

Southern purchases of Māori land

Southern purchases of Māori land

Donald McLean buying land

Donald McLean buying land

From page 4 - Raupatu – confiscations

Confiscated land areas

Confiscated land areas

Parihaka

From page 5 - Establishing the Native Land Court

Native Land Court building, Ōnoke

Native Land Court building, Ōnoke

Native Land Court, Rotorua

Native Land Court, Rotorua

Native Land Court at Ahipara

Native Land Court at Ahipara

Native Land Court certificate of title

Native Land Court certificate of title

From page 6 - The Native Land Court in practice

Letter about 10 owners rule

Letter about 10 owners rule

Te Waka Maori o Aotearoa advertisements

Te Waka Maori o Aotearoa advertisements

Small parcels of land

Small parcels of land

Maungapōhatu

From page 7 - Problems with the Land Court

Land court hearing, 1860s

Land court hearing, 1860s

Wī Pere

Māori land blocks, Taupō district.

Māori land blocks, Taupō district.

From page 8 - Crown and private purchasing to the 1920s

‘Locked-up native and Crown lands’

‘Locked-up native and Crown lands’

Sale of Lake Wairarapa

Sale of Lake Wairarapa

Te Aute old boys

Te Aute old boys

Building the main trunk railway line

Building the main trunk railway line

From page 9 - 20th-century developments

Apirana Ngata and Whina Cooper

Apirana Ngata and Whina Cooper

Hīkoi over the Harbour Bridge

Hīkoi over the Harbour Bridge (1st of 3)

Hīkoi along the Wellington motorway

Hīkoi along the Wellington motorway (2nd of 3)

Petition from the hīkoi

Petition from the hīkoi (3rd of 3)

How to cite this page:

Richard Boast, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/te-tango-whenua-maori-land-alienation/media (accessed 24 March 2023)

Story by Richard Boast, published 24 Nov 2008, updated 1 Jul 2015