Te Manutukutuku Issue 71 [pdf, 7.9 MB]
...that was very unfair to Muaūpoko. Then, in the 1890s, the Crown pur chased the Levin State Farm block from a single owner who did not have the right to sell it. The purchase was later imposed on the Muaūpoko owners by legislation after long, costly litigation. They received no money for it. The Crown conceded that it purchased the state farm block in breach of the Treaty. One aspect of the litigation was the 1896 Horowhenua commission, the costs of which were imposed on Muaū...