Land
Late 1830s… | Hostilities raged over hapu sovereignty and NZ Company land confiscations Strategic power plays by Rothchild-influenced-British used to set up divisions between the Bay of Islands Chiefs and the Hokianga Chiefs which subsequently devolved into a battle between the Anglicans of the Bay of Islands and the Catholics by virtue of the Dauphin and Bishop Pompellier | In their quest to gain power and control over the lands- the Rothchild influenced Anglican New Zealand Company played the Bay of Islands chiefs against the Kohuiarau chiefs in the Hokianga- where they saw the French occupation in the Hokianga as a threat to them. Baron Charles Te Thierre had given money to Reverent James Kendall and Hongi Hika to buy 40,000 acres of land in the Hokianga. However instead of buying land- Hongi Hika used the money to buy 300 muskets which he later used on his utu killing rampage throughout the whole of the North Island. In 1837 when Charles Te Thierre reached the property purchased on his behalf, he found the land that had been purchased was 5,000 acres which had cost 24 axe handles. The perceived annexation of land by the French threatened the British, and prompted them to create the 1835 He Wakaputanga Nu Tirini Declaration of Independence. The Hokianga Kohuiarau chiefs staunchly defended their partnership with the British Monarchy and ngati wikitoria. In their defence of the British- the Kohuiarau chiefs looked like traitors in fighting against the Wakaminenga Nu Tirini chiefs who were in turn rebelling against the British duplicity and deceit of the He Wakaputanga. However, the Kohuiarau Chiefs stood loyal and defended their sovereign partnership with the British King William IV thereby protecting the relationship that had first been formed with King George IV and continued on with Queen Victoria. |
1840-44 | The Mandate Treaty | The Mandate Treaty of Waitangi, written in reo, was affixed with 3x seals: 1.Governor Hobson sealed the Mandate Treaty on 6 February 1840 2.The Taiopuru sealed the Mandate Treaty in June 1840, in Gisborne, after 75% of the Rangatira had put their mark onto one of the 9x copies of the Mandate Treaty that were going around Aotearoa at that time. 3.The Mandate Treaty was shipped to Queen Victoria, after which she affixed her seal and returned the Mandate Treaty to the Taiopuru, at Mahia Peninsula in 1844. |
1863 | The Mandate Treaty was made a Covenant: | Approximately 19 years later the boy, Albert Victor Pomare was gifted to Queen Victoria as a living Covenant of the Mandate Treaty. Queen Victoria made Albert Victor Pomare her Godson. Additionally, in 1863, Article IV of the Mandate Treaty was included- thus re-affirming the Mandate Treaty as a Covenant. |
1852…. | Gold discovered | Gold was first discovered in 1852 which further fuelled the quest to take as much land as possible to secure gold. |
1852 | Deliberate undermining of Kohuiarau Parliament | After the 1852 Constitution was enacted the Admiralty Law New Zealand Parliament began undermining the Sovereign Kohuiarau Parliament. This deliberate strategy attempted to erode the living Covent of gifting Albert Victor Pomare to Queen Victoria and also Article IV which recognised the right to practise hapu Tikanga, and worship under the Vatican and Wesleyan Churches- the rights to religious freedom and customary law. |
1863 | Deliberate undermining of the Mandate Treaty inherent rights and obligations | To undermine the true intent of the Mandate Treaty- which recognised hapu and ngati wikitoria under the Kohuiarau sovereignty- Governor Grey launched false flag land seizure attacks under the guise that hapu had committed treason against the British monarchy as per the 1835 He Wakaputanga o Te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene- Declaration of Independence (He Wakaputanga Nu Tirene). |
1863 | New Zealand government attack raids into Central North Island | Potatau te whero whero was the first Chief chosen to be the Kingi under- the invented term Kingitanga- written into the He Wakaputanga Nu Tirene. Because Potatau Te Whero whero had signed onto the He Wakaputanga Nu Tirene in 1839, it enabled Governor Grey to lead the charge against him for high treason, because in the document he had agreed to be subject to the foreign King in their infant State. Thereby being captured by the trap set in the He Wakaputanga Nu Tirene. Grey eventually, illegally “confiscated” 1,200,000 acres of land. Grey illegally claimed he had the right to “confiscate” land if hapu took up arms to protect against the land seizures or whether they did not take up arms against the land seizures. |
High Treason | The seizure of lands was in fact an act of High Treason against Kohuiaraua. | |
1863 | Confiscated land at Ihumatao (Auckland) | Governor Grey additionally “confiscated” land at Ihumatao and also the BNZ bank where Kohuiarau funds were banked. This was money that had previously been nominated to be used for Māori schools, housing and infrastructure. |
1865 | Maori Land Courts established | Consequential to the land wars the Māori Land Court Act established Māori Land Courts. |
1865 | Word “Māori” made to legally mean “subjects” | Prior to 1865 tangata whenua were recognised by their hapu name. In the establishment of the Māori Land Courts the word- Māori- was legally and officially defined as subjects to the Crown. In that year the Crown put all the lands of Aoteroa under Admiralty Law and fractured hapu lands into blocks under the assumed individual ownership of between 7-10 individual Māori people. The block structure of land allowed the Crown to offer those individuals a token payment to purchase the land. |
1872 | 99 year-lease | Subsequently the Crown set up 99-year lease structure for peppercorn rent monies. This enabled the Crown to sell the land under leasehold titles. |
1877 | Court claimed Treaty of Waitangi was a nullity | Judge Prendergast- in his infamous judgment declared the Treaty of Waitangi was a nullity. This legal fiction was regarded as a legal truth until finally challenged in 1956. More than 100 years after this legal fiction contradictory decision was somewhat remedied by enacting the Imperial Laws Application Act 1988 (ILAA). This was at the behest of the Taiopuru and the Kohuiarau when in 1986 they supported the Muriwhenua and Ng Puhi Fisheries and Land Claims. The ILAA officially recognised the legal status of the He Whakaputanga and the Treaty of Waitangi official legal status. |
1889 until 1947 | Set up Parliament Kotahitanga (Unity) the Political Arm of Kohuiarau with the guardianship of the League of Nations | The political arm- Kotahitanga was established specifically to reinforce and strengthen the Colonial Government’s recognition of Kohuiarau’s sovereignty. From its inception Kotahitanga took the role of representing the sovereignty of Kohuiarau up until Kohuiarau went into recess in 1947. Because Kohuiarau held the G.A.T. seals and the Rights of Man of Louis Phillipe, Kohuiarau was made the guardian of the League of Nations until Kohuiarau went into recess. The Māori chiefs, to whom the Rights of Man had been gifted, gave their permission for the 1920 League of Nations to use the document. In return they have a seat for the Māori Nation, in the League and its successor the United Nations, if they wish to claim it. |
