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Discover some of the key events between 1900 and 1949 relating to the Treaty of Waitangi.

Maori served in the First World War in the Native Contingent. At home, there was some strong Maori opposition to conscription.

Potrait of the Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana taken in 1908.

Biography of the Tuhoe prophet who attempted to set up a community at Maungapohatu in the Ureweras. In 1916 he was arrested for sedition for his opposition to Maori conscription in the First World War. His trial in the Supreme Court was one of the longest in New Zealand's legal history.