Waitangi Tribunal - Whanganui land report [pdf, 827 KB]
...control of their remaining land for long periods. Similarly, the native townships, for which tangata whenua at pīpīriki and taumarunui had high hopes, became sites of marginalisation. The Crown moved right away from the idea that Māori would be protected in the use and ownership of their land. They viewed scenic Whanganui as a resource for everybody, not its owners, to enjoy, and bought even reserved land indiscriminately. exploiting Māori and their resources in the Whanganui distr...