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  2. New Zealand land confiscations - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Second Taranaki War - Wikipedia

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    The effect was a creeping confiscation of almost a million acres (4,000 km 2) of land, with little distinction between the land of loyal or rebel Māori owners. [ 3 ] The Government's war policy was opposed by the British commander, General Duncan Cameron , who clashed with Governor Sir George Grey and offered his resignation in February 1865.

  4. New Zealand Wars - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand Wars Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa; Memorial in the Auckland War Memorial Museum for all who died in the New Zealand Wars. "Kia mate toa" translates as "fight unto death" or "be strong in death", and is the motto of the Otago and Southland Regiment of the New Zealand Army.

  5. First Taranaki War - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Māori history - Wikipedia

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    Māori land under individual title became available to be sold to the colonial government or to settlers in private sales. Between 1840 and 1890, Māori sold 95 per cent of their land (63,000,000 of 66,000,000 acres (270,000 km 2) in 1890). In total 4 per cent of this was confiscated land, although about a quarter of this was returned. 300,000 ...

  7. History of the Otago Region - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand's ecology had evolved in near isolation from the rest of the world for 85 million years. At first settlement it was almost devoid of land mammals, meaning the fauna was very susceptible to introduced land predators. [2] Humans burnt the forests, ate the animals and introduced numerous predators and exotic plants to Otago.

  8. Arahura Deed - Wikipedia

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    The Arahura Deed was a land sale and agreement between Kāi Tahu iwi and James Mackay on behalf of the New Zealand settler government, signed on 21 May 1860 by Poutini chiefs at Māwhera (modern-day Greymouth). [1] Detail of the map, which includes nearly all of the West Coast north of Milford Sound (Piopiotahi)

  9. Moriori genocide - Wikipedia

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    In 1870, a Native Land Court was established to adjudicate competing land claims; by this time most Māori had returned to Taranaki. The court ruled in favour of the Māori, awarding them 97% of the land. [6] The judge ruled that since the Moriori had been conquered by Māori they did not have ownership rights of the land. [1]