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Throughout New Zealand the government had confiscated areas clearly unsuitable for settlement: in Taranaki, they had taken the whole of Mt Taranaki, [7] while in the Bay of Plenty they had confiscated Mt Putauaki, the whole of the Rangitaiki Swamp [10] and other areas of thick bush. Military settlers ultimately took less than 1 per cent of land ...
Under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 and the Suppression of Rebellion Act 1863, (two Acts which the Crown enacted only directly after the war), Te Āti Awa were branded "rebels" and the Crown confiscated almost 485,000 hectares (1,200,000 acres) of Te Āti Awa land in Taranaki. This severely undermined the political and social structures ...
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To hold the land seized from the 'rebellious' tribes, the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863, less euphemistically known as the Confiscation Act, provided extensive grants to military settlers. Four regiments of Waikato Militia were raised on this basis and Haultain recruited and took command of the 2nd Regiment.
In 1865 Ngāti Mutunga land was confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863. However provision was made for Ngāti Mutunga people who had not rebelled by the returning of 3,600 hectares (9,000 acres) of land and later in 1870 a further 6,100 hectares (15,000 acres). The land was returned to individuals.
The first enactment of the New Zealand parliament (General Assembly), created by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, was the English Laws Act 1854, which established the applicability of all English laws in effect 14 January 1840, to New Zealand. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 was never implemented and was suspended.
List of acts of the New Zealand Parliament (1912–1928) 16 years 3: United: List of statutes of New Zealand (1928–1931) 3 years 4: United–Reform coalition: List of statutes of New Zealand (1931–1935) 4 years 5: First Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1935–1949) 14 years 6: First National: List of statutes of New Zealand (1949 ...
The Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Claims Settlement Act 1946 was an act passed by the New Zealand Parliament on 7 October 1946. [1] The act sought to redress the confiscation of Māori lands in the Waikato District that had been taken under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863. It granted the affected tribes an annual payment of £5,000 (later ...