Matiaha Tiramōrehu made the first formal statement of Ngāi Tahu grievances about land purchases in 1849.
Matiaha Tiramorehu
Personal details
Full Name:
Matiaha Tiramōrehu
Lifetime:
? – 7 Apr 1881
Biography
Articles
The Treaty in practice
Amalgamating Māori into colonial settler society was a key part of British policy in New Zealand after 1840. Economic and social change, along with land-purchase programmes, were central to this process. Read the full article
Page 7 - The Ngāi Tahu claim
Ngāi Tahu signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown in 1998. This completed almost 150 years of the tribe's struggle to have the Crown honour its obligations under the Treaty of
