1944 Three settlements
Arising out of the 1926 Royal Commission and other formal investigations, Settlement Acts provided compensation to several major iwi for land taken in the nineteenth century. The three major settlements were: Ngāi Tahu (£10,000 per annum for 30 years), Waikato-Maniapoto (£6,000 per annum) and Taranaki (£6,000 per annum for 50 years and £5,000 thereafter). These were negotiated by Sir Eruera Tirikatene MP, Princess Te Puea and Sir Maui Pomare respectively. Copies of the Treaty of Waitangi were hung in every school and marae in 1945.
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