Ngai Tahu treaty claim

Ngai Tahu first contact with settlers

1795

Purchase of 13,551,400 acres

1848

All of Canterbury for 2000 pounds
Image from: https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/kemps-purchase/

First letter of protest to the Crown

1849

Made by Tiramōrehu Matiaha
Image from: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t100/tiramorehu-matiaha

Claim, ‘Te Kerēme’ was born

1849

Ngai Tahu first brought the case to Courts

1868

The government passed laws to prevent the Courts from hearing or ruling on the case

Royal Commissioner Judge MacKay said...

1887

only a "substantial endowment” of land secured to Ngāi Tahu ownership would go some of the way to “right so many years of neglect”.

Final hearing by the Waitangi Tribunal

1989

Heads of agreement signed settlement

1996

Settlement of treaty

1998

Image from:
https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/our_stories/ngai-tahu-claim-settlement-29-september-1998/