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Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation

Land ownership in Wairarapa, around 1860

This map shows ownership of land in Wairarapa around 1860. Yellow areas are native (Māori) reserves, native (Māori) lands are red, land under negotiation is green, and white areas are Crown land.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[ca.1860]/Acc.36640

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Richard Boast, Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation – Crown pre-emption, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/19516/land-ownership-in-wairarapa-around-1860 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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