Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820-1921For Europeans during the nineteenth century, the Urewera was a remote and savagely enticing wilderness; for those who lived there, it was a sheltering heartland. This history documents the first hundred years of the "Rohe Potae" (the 'encircled lands' of the Urewera) following European contact. Early in the period the terrain was criss-crossed by missionaries and (from 1866) by government troops. In 1866-67 large areas were taken by confiscation of forced cession. At the end of the fighting in 1872, by the agreed terms of peace, the Urerewa became an autonomous district, governed by its own leaders. It's existence as a separate tribal district was formally ratified in 1896. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres AGG-HB Ahikereru AJHR April Arawa Auckland August Bay of Plenty Binney block boundaries Burt Cadman Carroll claimed Committee confiscation line December Diary District Native Reserve eastern Bay Elsdon Best February Galatea government’s Haka hapū Houhi Ibid January July June Kahungunu Kereopa Kereru Kooti lease letter MA-MLP Mair Makarini Māori March Mataatua Maungapohatu McLean meeting Mehaka Native Land Court Native Minister Ngata Ngäti Ngäti Manawa Ngäti Whare November Numia October Ohiwa Onepoto Opotiki Ormond Paerau Paora Kiingi Patuheuheu police Preece purchase Rakuraku Rangitaiki Rangitaiki River road Rohe Pötae Ropata Rua’s Ruatahuna Ruatoki Seddon sent September settlement Smith survey Tahora Tamaikoha Te Kooti Te Urewera told Tuhoe Tühoe chiefs Tukua Tutakangahau Urewera Commission Urewera District Native Waikaremoana Waimana Waiohau Wairoa Waitangi Waitangi Tribunal Wakaunua Waru Wellington Whaiti Whakatane River Wharekotua whenua Whenuanui Whitu Tekau Wi Pere Wilson Zealand