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...22 rangatira from Rongowhakaata and other Tūranga iwi signed the Treaty of Waitangi, and until 1865 Rongowhakaata and their Tūranga whanaunga retained control of their own affairs. They remained neutral when fighting broke out between the Crown and Māori in other regions before 1865. Rongowhakaata took advantage of new trading opportunities created by Pākehā settlement in New Zealand. They owned and operated several trading ships, including Te Raaka (‘The Lark’), Whitipaea, Adah, Ruawh...
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...large Tāmaki Block. Ngāti Maru consider these compacts were made to foster mutual and reciprocal relationships and obligations with settlers, rather than being simple alienations. The Commission recommended one-third of the Tāmaki Block be returned to Māori, but the Crown did not do this, instead taking the majority of the block as ‘surplus land’. The Crown also took surplus land from pre-emption waiver transactions that occurred between settlers and Ngāti Maru in the 1840s.
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