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Māori-owned land, North Island, 1910

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Māori-owned land, North Island, 1910

By 1910 confiscation and sales of land had depleted Māori-owned land in the North Island dramatically. The yellow areas of the map are those remaining in Māori ownership at that date.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Centennial Historical Atlas Collection

Reference: MapColl-CHA-6/2/6-Acc.38315

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Māori – The arrival of Europeans, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/4284/maori-owned-land-north-island-1910 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 3 March 2009.