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European land holdings, 1860

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European land holdings, 1860

Ten years later, as this map prepared for the centennial historical atlas shows, Māori still held substantial areas of land. Purchases (indicated in red) had occurred around Whangārei, and Europeans had also expanded their holdings in the Bay of Islands.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāpuhi – Early European contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/4168/european-land-holdings-1860 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.