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Kōrero: Land ownership

‘The death of leasehold’

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‘The death of leasehold’

In 1911 the Reform Party, led by William Massey (pictured) campaigned successfully against leasehold. When his government took office it offered tenants the right to purchase Crown leasehold property. This cartoon by Trevor Lloyd appeared in the New Zealand Herald.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-315-2-023

by Trevor Lloyd

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jim McAloon, Land ownership – Consolidation of land settlement, 1912–1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/17936/the-death-of-leasehold (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jim McAloon, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.