Personal details
Full Name:
- Matiaha Tiramōrehu
Lifetime:
- ?–7 Apr 1881
Biography
Matiaha Tiramōrehu
Matiaha Tiramōrehu made the first formal statement of Ngāi Tahu grievances about land purchases in 1849.
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The Treaty in practice
Amalgamating Māori into colonial settler society was a key part of British policy in New Zealand after 1840. Economic and social change, along with land-purchase programmes, were central to this process.
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Main image: Matiaha Tiramorehu
Matiaha Tiramorehu in 1849. Watercolour by William Fox