HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. 2. The Crown and Ngāti Hei will agree an historical account that, in addition to the Collective account, includes the following themes:
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. 3.1.1 This section sets out the historical account of the events upon which the Crown’s acknowledgements and apology in this Section are based.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. The apology from the Crown to Te Uri o Hau is based on the following historical account. Land Claims Commission Xx Xxx x Hau participated in several transactions that were claimed to have been purchases made by individual Europeans in the Kaipara area in 1839 and 1840. Te Uri o Hau participants in these transactions sought to promote settlement and trade opportunities by entering into these transactions. The Land Claims Commission was established to investigate land transactions that occurred in New Zealand prior to 14 January 1840, in order to determine whether they were equitable. Between 1841 and 1844, the Commission heard claims relating to land in which Te Uri o Hau had interests. The Land Claims Commission inquired into whether a transaction occurred or not, and generally validated those claims where Xxxxx supported the transaction, but did not explore possible broader Maori expectations regarding the transactions. Four of these claims were further considered by the Bell Commission in the 1850s. Two of those claims were not pursued by the settler claimants, but the Crown provided some compensation to the settlers for previous outlay and made further payments to Maori. In respect of the two claims that were pursued, the Commissioner made awards of land to the European claimants. Approximately
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. Xxxxx Xxxx. This eventually led to the establishment of the King movement or Kingitanga. Maori could choose to place their lands under the protection of a Maori King. The Crown considered the Kingitanga to be a challenge to its sovereignty. While sympathetic to the Kingitanga, Xxxxx Xxxxxx took a neutral approach. War broke out between the Crown and Maori in the early 1860s in Taranaki and later in the Waikato. In early 1864 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, a chief from the Waikato region, appealed to Ngati Manawa for assistance. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx and his wife Xxxxxxx travelled to the Waikato and were wounded at a battle at Orakau.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx and others wrote the Government that all Xxxxx Xxxxxx agreed to the sale of Kaingaroa 1. The Government had paid nearly £500 in rent and survey costs by the time Kaingaroa 1 was first offered for sale. It now treated these payments as a deposit on the purchase. 2.41 2.42 ( 2.43 (
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. 2.74 In November 1914 the Government began acquiring interests in lands from individual owners without complying with the legal requirement set out in the Urewera District Native Reserve Act to first seek the approval of the General Committee. This requirement was intended to ensure communal rather than individual control over land alienation. In May 1915 the Government decided to purchase Te Whaiti, but had still not obtained the General Committee’s consent. These illegal actions were NGATI MANAWA DEED OF SETTLEMENT 2: HISTORICAL ACCOUNT retrospectively validated by legislation in 1916 that also empowered the Government to continue purchasing inside the reserve without the General Committee’s consent. 2.75 2.76 ( 2.77 2.78 (
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. Otairi and Tawhiuau blocks. The Government did not acquire all the land it wanted in Te Whaiti, but still secured the block’s valuable timber resources. One whanau group exchanged their shares in Te Whaiti for Crown interests in Whirinaki. 2.81 2.82 ( 2.83 2.84 (
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. 2.105 The Prime Minister had promised Xxxxx Xxxxxx that the Government would not compulsorily take it land but in 1954 a new Government decided to compulsorily acquire the land it wanted. The Maori Land Court ordered the Government to compensate Ngati Manawa for the potential value of the land. The compensation was paid to the Maori Trustee, and subsequently used to repay the debts on three Karatia blocks arising out of the Ngati Manawa development scheme. Forestry and Post 1984 Restructuring
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. 6.27 The lands assigned by the Compensation Court on the basis of these awards were meagre in size and often of poor quality. These entitlements were often located in barren areas, including remote hills and xxxx. They did not include pa sites and urupa. Even for those judged entitled to an award, title was not issued until all the interests in the area were determined, the precise location settled, the areas surveyed by Crown agents, and the shares sealed by the Compensation Court. Meanwhile, expanding European settlement further reduced the amount and quality of the Crown iands available for allocation to Maori claimants.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT the quality of land returned when making its allocations. Almost all of the productive land confiscated in the xxxx of Ngati Tama had already been provided to military settlers. Ngati Tama were left with insufficient agricultural land for their present and future needs.
