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Soon after the passing of the Settlements Act in 1863, agents were employed to enlist men for military service in Taranaki from among the gold miners of Otago and Melbourne. Between 30 December 1863 and 17 February 1864 four ships arrived in New Plymouth carrying 489 volunteers. [ 27 ]
The New Zealand Settlements Act was passed in December 1863 and in 1865 Governor Grey confiscated more than 480,000 hectares of land from the Waikato–Tainui iwi (tribe) in the Waikato as punishment for their earlier "rebellion".
At the time of European settlement, Ararimu was densely covered with native trees. [3] A dispute over rights to take kauri gum was settled in 1857 in favour of Ngāti Whātua. [4] The land was taken by the government under the New Zealand Settlements Act of 1863 and divided into blocks of about 280 hectares (700 acres). [5]
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 ...
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 then in 1870 a further 6,100 hectares (15,000 acres). The land was returned to individuals.
In December 1863 the Parliament passed the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863, a piece of punitive legislation allowing unlimited confiscation of Māori land by the government, ostensibly as a means of suppressing "rebellion".
Māori first settled in the area as early as the 14th century CE. During the Invasion of the Waikato in 1863, the local Māori had their land confiscated by the New Zealand government as punishment for supporting the Kīngitanga movement. The name Ihumātao translates as "cold nose". [2]
After Mokomoko’s execution, large areas of land around Ōpōtiki were confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act of 1863 and sold to settlers. In the early 1870s, the Ureweras were invaded by the government forces searching for Te Kooti and the Tuhoe were effectively conquered and subdued.