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The New Zealand land confiscations took place during the 1860s to punish the Kīngitanga movement for attempting to set up an alternative Māori form of government that forbade the selling of land to European settlers. The confiscation law targeted Kīngitanga Māori against whom the government had waged war to restore the rule of British law.
Governor Thomas Gore Browne.. The catalyst for the war was the disputed sale of 600 acres (2.4 km 2) of land known as the Pekapeka block, or Teira's block, at Waitara.The block's location perfectly suited European settlers' wish for a township and port to serve the north of the Taranaki district and its sale was viewed as a likely precedent for other sales that would open up for settlement all ...
In total some 52 Maori dead were accounted for by the British, although the number of dead or wounded Maori who were carried off by their comrades is unknown. [9] [18] General Pratt estimated that total Maori casualties were likely between 80 and 100 killed and wounded. [7] The battle was lauded as a great victory by colonial newspapers.
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 (SILNA) was an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand. Following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, significant tracts of Māori land were purchased by the Crown. By 1860 the whole of the South Island had been acquired by the Crown. [1]
A separate system exists in parallel with the general land titles for land held in common by Māori as a tribe. This is controlled by the Te ture Whenua Maori (Maori Land) Act 1993. In 1980, 4.5% of New Zealand land was held in the Māori land system. [8] This does not include land held by Māori individuals in the general land system.
British explorer James Cook, who reached New Zealand in October 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first European to circumnavigate and map New Zealand. [2] From the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and other sailors, missionaries , traders and adventurers.
This is the moment New Zealand Maori MPs disrupt parliament with a haka to protest against a treaty bill. New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday (14 November), after Maori ...
8 January: Louis Catherin Servant, Catholic priest and missionary 30 May: Karetai, tribal leader 25 June: Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, first Māori King 6 August: William Cargill, British soldier, Otago founder and politician [9]