1926 Royal Commission on land confiscations

The rise of the Ratana vote boosted the determination of another politician, Sir Maui Pomare, for an inquiry into the 1860s confiscations. Pomare encouraged Māori dairy farmers to donate money for an inquiry and convinced Prime Minister Gordon Coates of its value. The Royal Commission, set up with limitations on resourcing, its time frame and terms of reference, recommended compensation for some confiscations, which it found to have been excessive. Taranaki Māori accepted an annual payment of £5,000 from 1931, but negotiations for the other settlements were delayed until 1944. A political movement called Muru Raupatu, seeking more compensation for lost land, grew in the wake of Sir Maui's work.