The Waikato-Tainui raupatu settlement
- When
- 22 May 1995
- Where
- Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia · Ngāruawāhia
- Reach
- Several regions
The Crown apologised for the invasion of the Waikato and the confiscations that followed, and returned $170 million in land and cash.
The first of the large modern settlements, signed at Tūrangawaewae with Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and given effect by legislation carrying an apology from the Queen. It acknowledged that the 1863 invasion was unjust, that the confiscations were wrongful, and that they had crippled the economic and social development of Waikato-Tainui. Ngāi Tahu’s settlement of similar value followed in 1998.
Regions affected
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