Story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
Members of Ngāti Kahungunu participate in a ceremony at Pāpāwai pā to transfer ownership of Lake Wairarapa to the Crown in 1896. The Liberal government purchased large tracts of land from Māori in the 1890s.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PACOll-7489-85
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