Story: Land ownership All images & media From page 1 – Māori and land ownership Māori fishing pā Land deed, 1839 William Spain investigating land claims at New Plymouth, 1844 Māori land in the North Island, 1860–1939 Māori women at land court meeting, Tokaanu, 1914 From page 2 – Early Pākehā land settlement Deserted houses, Shetland Islands Plan of country sections, Whanganui, 1842 Nelson, 1863 Small farms in Mt Eden From page 3 – Provincial administration of land Certificates of title ‘Spotting’ on the Levels station, 1866–74 Emigration poster First settlers’ reunion picnic at Mauriceville Glenmark station, North Canterbury From page 4 – Centralisation after 1870 Opening of Toko station, Taranaki, 1902 Land districts, 1877 and 2008 The earth hunger Land ownership and leasehold, 1882–1902 Studholme family land holdings From page 5 – The Liberals and land policy John McKenzie Tenures on the Cheviot estate Questions for land applicants Change in property size 1897–1935 North Island lands purchased for settlement South Island lands purchased for settlement Sale of Lake Wairarapa From page 6 – Consolidation of land settlement, 1912–1950s ‘The death of leasehold’ Waitakaruru settlement North Island land tenures, 1950 (1st of 2) South Island land tenures, 1950 (2nd of 2) Access road for returned servicemen’s farms From page 7 – Land ownership from the 1950s Family farm, 1949 Deer farming, 1984 Taieri dairy farmers Lifestyle farmers at Mangawhai, 2007 Ngāi Tahu land holdings, 2008 From page 8 – Foreign ownership South Island land protest Lake Tekapo Mt Peel
