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Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation

Nōpera Pana-kareao

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Nōpera Pana-kareao

Rangatira (chief) Nōpera Pana-kareao (far right) is seen here with Pākehā missionaries William Puckey and Joseph Matthews. Pana-kareao entered into a transaction with the Church Missionary Society for 1,000 acres to be set aside at Kaitāia for the mission. Many pre-Treaty of Waitangi transactions were between Māori and missionaries.

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Richard Boast, Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation – Pre-treaty transactions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/19510/nopera-pana-kareao (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Richard Boast, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.