Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
The purchase of Wellington by the New Zealand Company was one of a number of pre-Treaty purchases confirmed by a special commissioner, William Spain. Pre-Treaty purchases needed to be confirmed first to get a Crown grant issued.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: C-025-009
Watercolour by Charles Heaphy
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