TREATY OF WAITANGI - LOSS OF WHENUA - MAORI LAND

1. THE TREATY OF WAITANGI
LOSS OF MAORI LAND
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2. SELLING MAORI LAND
In the years immediately
following the signing of the
Treaty of Waitangi there were
numerous disputes over the sale
of Maori land.
Maori land surface loss between 1860 and 1890

3. HONE HEKE AND THE CROWN
Hone Heke and Te Rauparaha
both had clashes with Pakeha
over the loss of Maori land.
In 1840 the British crown
acknowledged that all land in
Aotearoa 66,000,000 acres
belonged to iwi.
Maori land surface loss between 1910 and 1939

4. SELLING MAORI LAND
By 1975 only 3,000,000 acres of
land were in tribal possession.
Comparison Maori land surface, 1860 vs 1939