Rangahaua Whanui National Overview volume 3 [pdf, 2.5 MB]
...generally, blocks were not protected from sale. The Kaihu block of 43,700 acres had title awarded in 1871 to 10 owners, with an additional list of 66 owners.24 The whole block was sold in 1880 for £3865. The table below gives the total amount of land privately acquired through the court between 1865 and 1908 at 9 percent. The actual figure must be seen as slightly higher than this, since this is the most difficult figure to estimate and is the area left when all other forms of alienation, and...