Acres
Maintaining the King Movement was proving to be especially difficult- from the 1870's when land confiscation began to take place again.
After the Waikato War, King Tawhaio and his followers were declared rebels and some 1.2 million acres of their fertile lands were confiscated this became a corncern for Tawhiao and other Waikato Leaders who then established another aukati alone the confiscation line at the Puniu River forbidding European entry. Behind the line lay 'The King Country'.
After the Waikato War, King Tawhaio and his followers were declared rebels and some 1.2 million acres of their fertile lands were confiscated this became a corncern for Tawhiao and other Waikato Leaders who then established another aukati alone the confiscation line at the Puniu River forbidding European entry. Behind the line lay 'The King Country'.
"I riro whenua atu, me hoki whenua mai" |
-The catchcry used by King Tawhaio and Waikato leaders which translates to
'as land was taken then land should be given back' |