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Ngati Whatua
are indigenous people of New Zealand. They are also called “The
People of Orakei”. Orakei is located between Hobson and Mission
Bay. It is a special place to Maori. The Ngati Whatua occupied
Auckland for a very long period of time. The land of the Ngati
Whatua was considered as fertile and rich. They have a rich
history and you can learn a lot about the foundation of
Auckland. The Ngati Whatua shared their land with the English
settlers in 1840, the chief Te Kawau wanted first of all to
offer them a place to stay but also to get some protection
against other tribes. In March 1840 they signed the Treaty of
Waitangi. In September of the same year Auckland became the
capital of New Zealand. The Ngati Whatua accepted to lend around
three thousand acres of their land where a township would be
constructed. After that the Ngati Whatua gave more of their land
for good purposes as in 1858 they gave a piece of land for a
chapel and school to the Anglican Church. The Maori had special
way of giving gifts, often when they gifted a land they said to
the other party to return back the land if it would not be
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