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Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation

Māori land blocks, Taupō district.

One of the effects of the Native Land Court was that Māori land, previously held communally as a single unit, was cut up into blocks and divided among individuals. This map shows the division of blocks around Lake Taupō.

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Richard Boast, Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation – Problems with the Land Court, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/19535/maori-land-blocks-taupo-district (accessed 4 June 2026).

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