Kemp's Deed

  • Letter to Kemp

    "...it will be your duty to reserve to the Natives ample portions of land for their present and prospective wants; and then, after the boundaries of these reserves have been marked, to purchase from the Natives their right to the whole of the remainder of their claims to land in the Middle Island."
  • Deed Signed

    Deed Signed

    16 Ngāi Tahu chiefs signed Kemp's Deed in Akaroa, selling 20 million acres of their land for 2000 pounds.

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