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Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation

Te Aute old boys

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Te Aute old boys

Part of a group known as the Young Maori Party, the politicians among these distinguished former Te Aute College students attempted to slow down land sales and help Māori utilise their land.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, T. K. Fitzgerald Collection

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Richard Boast, Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation – Crown and private purchasing to the 1920s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19538/te-aute-old-boys (accessed 25 June 2026).

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