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Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation

Petition from the hīkoi

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Petition from the hīkoi

This petition was presented at the conclusion of the hīkoi organised by Te Rōpū o Te Matakite. It contained 30,000 signatures and is entitled ‘Memorial of Right’.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1975/4405/5

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Richard Boast, Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation – 20th-century developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19544/petition-from-the-hikoi (accessed 25 June 2026).

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