Historical Account
This historical account provides the context for the Crown’s acknowledgements of and apology for its historical breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi against Te Rarawa. The Crown’s acknowledgements and Crown apology to Te Rarawa are based on this historical account.
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The Historical Account is set out under the following subheadings:

Pre Treaty Land Transactions
He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Māori Representation
Land Claims Commission
Appointment of a Second Commission
  • Kaitāia District
  • Ōtararau
  • Awanui
  • Ōkiore
  • Hokianga Old Land Claims
  • Motukaraka
  • Kohukohu
  • Mangamuka River Claims
Outcome of Second Commission Process
“Half-caste Claims”
Pre 1865 Purchases
  • Kaiawe, Ahipara and Kokohuia
  • Muriwhenua South
  • Maungataniwha
  • Reserves
Introduction of the Native Land Laws
  • Reform of Customary Land Tenure
  • Introduction of the Native Land Court in Te Rarawa Area
  • Kaitāia Block – Tension over Survey
  • Te Rarawa Attempts to Retain Authority
Crown Purchasing and Native Land Court 1870-1890s
  • Costs
  • Expectation of Collateral Benefits
  • Crown Approach to Purchase Price Negotiations
  • Payment of Tāmana
  • Epakauri, Orowhana and Te Tauroa Negotiations
  • Warawara
Protest about Loss of Warawara Resources
  • Lack of Settlement
  • Failure to Ensure Reserves
  • Purchasing of Individual Interests
  • Monopoly Purchase Powers
  • Special Settlements
Crown Purchasing 1890s
  • Purchase of the Kaitāia South block
  • Re-Introduction of Crown Monopoly on Purchase of Māori Land
  • Impact of Operation of Native Land Laws and Crown Purchasing 1865-1900
Twentieth Century Māori Land Administration
  • The Tokerau Māori Land Council
  • The Tokerau Māori Land Board
  • The Tokerau Board’s Administration of Te Karae
  • Crown purchases in Te Karae
  • Ōmākura 1915-1948
  • Te Karae Land Since 1950
  • The Sale of Waireia D
  • Land Development Schemes
  • Tapuwae
Title Reform
  • Consolidation Schemes
  • Amalgamations
  • Uneconomic Interests
  • 1967 Māori Affairs Amendment Act
Land Issues Since 1945
  • Kahakaharoa and Wairoa
  • Whakakoro
Contributing to the Public good
  • Māpere
  • War Service
  • Public Works
  • Ōwhata
  • Scenery Preservation
  • Rating Issues
__Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē
Natural Resources: Te Taiao o Te Rarawa
  • Maungataniwha
  • Kaimoana
  • Control of Species
  • Minerals
  • Reclamations
  • Protest and Petitions
Decline of Te Reo Māori
Socio-economic consequences
Twentieth Century Māori Land Administration
  • The Tokerau Māori Land Council
  • The Tokerau Māori Land Board
  • The Tokerau Board’s Administration of Te Karae
  • Crown purchases in Te Karae
  • Ōmākura 1915-1948
  • Te Karae Land Since 1950
  • The Sale of Waireia D
  • Land Development Schemes
  • Tapuwae
Title Reform
  • Consolidation Schemes
  • Amalgamations
  • Uneconomic Interests
  • 1967 Māori Affairs Amendment Act
Land Issues Since 1945
  • Kahakaharoa and Wairoa
  • Whakakoro
Contributing to the Public good
  • Māpere
  • War Service
  • Public Works
  • Ōwhata
  • Scenery Preservation
  • Rating Issues
Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē
Natural Resources: Te Taiao o Te Rarawa
  • Maungataniwha
  • Kaimoana
  • Control of Species
  • Minerals
  • Reclamations
  • Protest and Petitions
Decline of Te Reo Māori
Socio-economic consequences