| Important Events 1650 approx Ngai Tahu comes to the South Island 1800 European sealing-gangs and trading ships on Ngai Tahu coasts. 1820s Feud among Ngai Tahu. Europeans living among Ngai Tahu in Southland. 1828 Te Rauparaha sacks Kaikoura. 1829 Ngai Tahu allow European coastal whaling stations. 1830 Ngai Tahu chief Te Maiharanui seized on brig "Elizabeth" at Akaroa and murdered Akaroa sacked by Te Rauparaha. 1831 Te Rauparaha sacks Kaiapoi and Onawe, but withdraws at Temuka. 1832,1834 Ngai Tahu counterattacks against Te Rauparaha. 1834 Disastrous measles epidemic among southern Ngai Tahu. 1838,1839 Tuhawaiki's expeditions against Te Rauparaha at Cook Strait. 1838-48 Recurring measles and influenza epidemics among Ngai Tahu. 1839 European farmers accepted among Ngai Tahu. 1840 Treaty of Waitangi signed by Ngai Tahu. French settlers at Akaroa. 1844 Otakou Purchase. Lutheran Mission at Ruapuke. 1845 Crown awards 30,000 acres to French at Akaroa. 1848 Scottish settlers arrive at Dunedin. Purchase of land in Canterbury. 1849 Mantell's Banks Peninsula Awards. Tiramorehu's protest to Lieutenant Governor Eyre (start of Ngai Tahu claim). 1850 Arrival at Lyttleton of Canterbury settlers from England. 1853 Southland Purchase. 1856 Native Reserves Act. Akaroa Purchase. 1857 North Canterbury Purchase. 1859 Kaikoura Purchase. 1860 West Coast Purchase. Individualization of Kaiapoi Maori Reserve. 1868 First Native Land Court at Kaiapoi and Port Chalmers. Ngaitahu Reference Validation Act. 1879 Royal Commission of Smith and Nairn on Ngai Tahu Claim. 1888-9 Joint Parliamentary Committee on Ngai Tahu Claim. 1906 South Island Landless Natives Act (repealed 1909). 1944 Ngaitahu Claim Settlement Act (concerning the purchase of Canterbury). 1975 Waitangi Tribunal established. 1985 Waitangi Tribunal reconstituted for claims retrospective to 1840. 1986 Ngai Tahu Claim under Treaty of Waitangi lodged with Waitangi Tribunal. 1987 State-owned Enterprises Act. NZ Court of Appeal Judgment confirms status of Treaty. 1987-9 Hearings of Ngai Tahu Claim before Waitangi Tribunal. 1990 Maori Appellate Court judgment affirms Ngai Tahu tribal boundaries. 1991 Resource Management Act. Ngai Tahu Claim Report issued by Waitangi Tribunal. 1992 Ngai Tahu Sea Fisheries Report issued by Waitangi Tribunal. Fisheries Settlement Act. 1993 Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Bill introduced before Parliament. 1996 Agreement signed by Government and Ngai Tahu for settling the claim 1997 Deed of Settlement signed 1998 Passage of Ngai Tahu Claim Settlement Act was passed in Parliament 2000 Ngai Tahu's vision for the next 25 years is released |