• ‘Golden Years’ as Ngāti Maniapoto are active traders. They owned ships, flour mills, cattle, horses, pigs, wheat fields. Ngāti Maniapoto ships include the Rere-wiki, the Parininihi, the Re-wini and the Aotearoa.
• Wesleyan Methodist missionaries established at Kāwhia followed by further settlements at Mōkau
• Further Weslyan missions established and includes separate schools for native and half-caste children at Ōtawhao (Te Awamutu)
Kīngitanga established. Rewi Maniapoto raises the King’s flag at Ngaruawāhia hui.
Tawhiao proclaimed second Māori king on 5 July 1860.
Rewi Maniapoto supports Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitāke to fight against land sales at Waitara.
become refugees
Rangiaowhia invaded and the settlement sacked.
The Battle of Ōrakau led by Rewi Maniapoto.
Aukati established and protected.,
King Tāwhiao and approximately 2600 Waikato refugees retreat across the Puniu river.
Native Schools Act 1867 premised on an assimilationist policy and the suppression of te reo Māori.
Ngāti Maniapoto peace negotiations with Donald Mclean at Te Pahiko near Te Kuiti.
Rewi described the boundaries of what he considered to be their territory which was essentially to become known as the Rohe Pōtae.
Government build Rewi a house at Kihikihi.
of guns to Major William Mair at Alexandra. This token
is his declaration that there would be no more fighting and peace is to prevail.
Bryce invades Parihaka. Maniapoto people at Parihaka. Where Maniapoto people were residing at the time.
Rewi and Wahanui assert rights to Mōkau lands vis á vis Ngāti Tama claims in Native Land Court.
Mōkau-Mohakatino block passed through the Native Land Court at Waitara so that legal title could be established and the lease legally secured.
So called Joshua Jones leases which would become very controversial. Wahanui.
Maniapoto diplomat and negotiator.
Native Minister Bryce meets with Tawhiao. Tawhiao rejects Bryce’s proposals. Bryce blames Wahanui makes veiled threats to Wahanui.
Maniapoto designates a Rohe Pōtae which includes Ngāti Raukawa, Tūwharetoa and Whanganui territories as part of an alliance. This work is led by Taonui.
introduces rates on Māori land.
Amnesty Act
Alexandra meeting between Wahanui, Rewi and Bryce regarding the surveying of the main trunkline. – te Ara a Tūrongo. There was to be no other land surveys in the area.
Ngāti Maniapoto petitioned to Parliament to establish their own rūnanga or committee for their lands. The first part of the ‘Sacred Compact’ as referred to by Ngāti Maniapoto. Wahanui later refers to this as ‘te ki tapu’.
the Crown’s right of pre-emption in the King Country.
Gives the Crown a monopoly on the purchase of Native land.
Te taiaha 'Maungarongo' gifted as a gesture of goodwill for Ballance
Wahanui turns first sod for the railway and calls it Te Ara Tūrongo. Refers to the puniu river as an 'aukati' for alcohol. Some confusion as to whether the land for the railway was gifted or to be paid for. In any case it was only to be one chain wide and not impetus for the opening up of the area for land purchases.
Wahanui protests the sale of liquor within the region. The Blue Ribbon movement circulate a petition which is signed by 1400 signatories asking that a liquor license not be permitted within their district.
Wahanui seeks approval from Parliament for administration of their own territory.
Wahanui complains about the Native Land Court and repaid land loss of Ngāti Maniapoto
Royal Comissions into the Joshua Jones leases re Mōkau-Mohakatino
Land Boards. Maniapoto-Tūwharetoa Land Board established.
The Act greatly expanded potential use of compulsory vesting in
the boards of Māori-owned land in the other districts , following
Native Land court investigations of its title. The Māori Land
Boards were to administer vested land for the 'benefit' of the
owners, but this included leasing it out for as long as 50 years.
The Native Land Court Act again continues the restrictions against private dealings and the Crown monopoly on the purchase price for Native land.
Mahuta installed as 3rd Māori King.
Act 1892 continues the restrictions
against private dealings.
1897 to June 1898
to form townships on Maori land. This includes
Te Kuiti and Otorohanga
an area of 10,000 acres to be milled over the next 20 years.
Another Royal Commissions into the Joshua Jones leases.
Government investigation into Joshua Jones leases. The protracted wrangling speaks to the dubious nature of these transactions. Te Rata installed as 4th Māori King.
under the Public Works Act for a Reformatory farm
and Tokanui Mental Hospital in ther period 1908 to 1912
to 960,374 acres, or just under 50 percent of the Te Rohe Pōtae district
Outbreak of WW1 and Ngāti Maniapoto men respond to the call for arms.
Te Kawenata o te Whakakotahitanga o Ngāti Maniapoto ki te Kingitanga reaffirming the Kingitanga relationship. Te Nehenehenui Monument unveiled at Te Tokanui-a-noho.
Ngāti Maniapoto hui to discuss the issues of rates, 1928. Ngata inattendance. He reminds the hui that Ballance promised no rates until the land is developed.
Koroki installed as 5th Māori King, 1933.
Mclintock Report - parliament historian tasked with investigating the King Country liqour question. Rejects ever a pact to keep the King Country dry.
King Country prohibition lifted, 1954
Supported by King Koroki. Origins of the phrase Te Ohāki Tapu which can be attributed to Tainui scholar Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Act. Ngāti Paretekawa and Ngāti Ngutu
who are reffered to as Maniapoto hapū.
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Ōrakau commemorated
Te Atairangikaahu installed as Māori Queen, 1966