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Story: Ngā umanga – Māori business enterprise

South Island purchases

  • 1844

    1844

  • 1848

    1848

  • 1849

    1849

  • 1854

    1854

  • 1856

    1856

  • 1857

    1857

  • 1859

    1859

  • 1860

    1860

  • 1864

    1864

During early European settlement Māori benefited from trade opportunities. By 1860, almost all Māori land was transferred out of Māori ownership in the South Island, limiting tribes’ opportunities to engage in trade.

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Reference: Bronwyn Dalley and Gavin McLean, Frontier of Dreams. Auckland: Hachette Livre NZ, 2005, p. 157

Source: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1865, G-3.

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Matene Love and Tyron Love, Ngā umanga – Māori business enterprise – History of Māori enterprise, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/24542/south-island-purchases (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Matene Love and Tyron Love, published 2 March 2010.