Map of the North Island, with confiscated land blocks, iwi boundaries and Māori population, 1863

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Map of the North Island, with confiscated land blocks, iwi boundaries and Māori population, 1863

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On 3 December 1863, Parliament passed legislation for the confiscation (raupatu) of Māori land to punish tribes deemed to have ‘engaged in open rebellion against Her Majesty’s authority’ in the early 1860s. Pākehā settlers would occupy the confiscated land. On the eve of the British invasion of Waikato in July 1863 the government ordered all Mā...

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Archives New Zealand / Archives / Archives NZ / New Zealand / New Zealand History / History / North Island / 1863 / Maori / Map / Maps / Population / Fenton / Iwi / boundaries / census / hapu / Settlement / confiscation / NZ Wars / Land / Land Wars

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