History of our land
Kōrero o te whenua
http://www.wakatu.org.nz/home/whanau/lands/history-of-our-land/ ( 22 May, 2013 )
Tenths Reserve estate
In the 1800s the New Zealand Company (NZC), supported by the Crown, promoted the large scale European settlement and colonisation of New Zealand. A key component of the NZC colonisation scheme was the agreement to reserve one –tenth of all land purchased for the on-going and future prosperity of its Māori vendors.
The Tenths Reserves were vital to the success of the New Zealand Company’s scheme, and was the main reason Māori in Nelson and Wellington agreed to the settlement of their land. The Tenths were the ‘consideration’ or payment for the land that the New Zealand Company was sold for settlement purposes. Māori anticipated that European settlement would bring many advantages, such as trade, education and access to new technology.
Unfortunately, neither the New Zealand Company’s obligations nor the Treaty of Waitangi guarantees were honoured by the New Zealand Company or the Crown. Read more
Included here please find the original plans for the European settlement of Nelson in the 1840s, including land set aside as Tenths Reserves.
The New Zealand Company, a commercial enterprise formed in Britain and supported by the British Government, dispatched an expedition to establish its second NZ settlement, to be named Nelson, in 1841.
In the 1800s the New Zealand Company (NZC), supported by the Crown, promoted the large scale European settlement and colonisation of New Zealand. A key component of the NZC colonisation scheme was the agreement to reserve one –tenth of all land purchased for settlement, for the on-going and future prosperity of its Māori vendors. The Tenths Reserves were vital to the success of the New Zealand Company’s scheme, and was the main reason why Māori in Nelson and Wellington agreed to the settlement of their land. The Tenths were the ‘consideration’ or payment for the land that the New Zealand Company was sold for settlement purposes. Māori anticipated that European settlement would bring many advantages, such as trade, education and access to new technology.
Unfortunately, neither the New Zealand Company’s obligations nor the Treaty of Waitangi guarantees were honoured by the New Zealand Company or the Crown.