E73 Prof David Williams - EIC - Ngāti Whātua Orākei [pdf, 5.6 MB]
...whenua in its primary area of interest via raupatu and ahi kā – continuous occupation. This is considered to be the “strongest evidence of rights in the land”. 2.3. Auckland City was founded on 20 October 1840, when officials drew up a formal deed for the transfer from Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to the Crown of an estimated 3000 acres (3500 acres of modern calculation) between approximately Hobson Bay (Mataharehare), Coxs Creek (Opou/Opoututeka) and Mt Eden (Maungawhau)....