Pages tagged with: land confiscation

Under the terms of the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 the government confiscated 1.2 million acres (486,000 hectares) of Maori land in late 1864.

By the early 1870s, the Kingitanga was struggling. Living conditions within the Rohe Potae (the Maori King's territory) were poor. Allies such as Ngati Haua had begun selling land again, as had some other tribes outside the Rohe Potae.

This series of maps chart the loss of Maori land in the North Island between 1860 and 2000