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Story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy

Land confiscation

This map of the North Island is from the late 1860s. The blue lines drawn on the map show the main areas of land confiscated from Māori during the wars of the 1860s. Smaller parcels of land outside the blue lines were also confiscated. Some of this land was later returned, not always to the rightful owners.

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Reference: NZ Map 471

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Basil Keane, Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy – The alienation of Māori land, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25776/land-confiscation (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 12 April 2010.

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Rachel Watson
04 November 2012
I would like permission to use this image for my powerpoint presentation about the 1860 maori wars and land confiscation that followed.My presentation is about Poukai and how it came about,who brought it into existence and why.This image shows the land that was confiscated and I would like to show my fellow classmates the enormity of the land confiscations as punishment to the maoris for rebelling. kind regards Rachel Watson