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The Wairau incident

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Scene of the Wairau incident

Exploring New Zealand's interior

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Summary - British and Irish immigration

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When did they come? Immigration to New Zealand 1840–1914

Introduction

Ngati Toa and the New Zealand Company

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Te Rauparaha

Where did they come from? - British and Irish immigration

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Where did they come from?

The composition of the inflow from Britain and Ireland was quite different from the composition of the United Kingdom as a whole. By comparison with the distribution of population in the homelands, there were generally fewer English than might be expected and considerably more from Ireland and especially Scotland.

Country of origin of British and Irish immigrants

Land and ideals - background to the Treaty

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Maori and Pakeha had long traded with each other, and part of their exchanges included transactions for land. By the later 1830s the British government grew concerned about how land was obtained from Maori. Once settlers headed to New Zealand, the British government could no longer let matters drift. Action was needed to protect the interests of Maori from the worst ravages of European impact.

The land trade

Europeans claimed to have gained land in several ways. Missionary organisations made arrangements with chiefs for the land needed for their stations and farms. There were also small-scale transactions when whalers, timber millers and merchants acquired pieces of land. Some were for commercial purposes, but sometimes traders got property for their part-Maori families. As British intervention became more likely by the end of the 1830s, capitalists in New South Wales became involved in land speculation and claimed to have bought large areas in the hope of converting them to secure titles later. In a class by themselves were the massive and controversial claims of the New Zealand Company, in 1839–40, to some 20 million acres in central New Zealand. Some missionaries, against orders from London, reserved tracts of land for tribes in order to prevent such sales.

Violence erupts

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Land Commissioner William Spain

The Scots - British and Irish immigration

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The Scots - where from?

1842

The fallout from Wairau

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Robert FitzRoy

The news from Wairau shocked settlers throughout the colony. The killing of men who had surrendered was viewed as cold-blooded murder. There were fears that these events signalled the beginning of a widespread Maori insurrection.

Conclusions - British and Irish immigration

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The Wairau incident

Exploring New Zealand's interior

Summary - British and Irish immigration

When did they come? Immigration to New Zealand 1840–1914

Introduction

Ngati Toa and the New Zealand Company

Where did they come from? - British and Irish immigration

Where did they come from?

Country of origin of British and Irish immigrants

Land and ideals - background to the Treaty

The land trade

Violence erupts

The Scots - British and Irish immigration

The Scots - where from?

The fallout from Wairau

Conclusions - British and Irish immigration

British and Irish immigration to New Zealand: some conclusions