jan 1, 1864 - Thiercin returns 20 years later, describing Onuku as much smaller -Maori working for settlers

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When Thiercelin returned to Akaroa in 1864, the Māori settlement at Ōnuku was reduced in size. By that time, all the land, apart from the small reserve set aside after the Akaroa ‘purchase’ of 1856 had been taken up by European farmers. Thiercelin observed, sympathetically, of the small Māori population of Ōnuku in 1864 that “they surely feel nostalgia on the very soil of their lost fatherland”.By this time, the French settlement of the Akaroa area and the later claiming of the land by the English had had devastating consequences for local Māori. Confiscation of their lands removed their ability to cultivate food to both sustain their families and engage in trade. Local Ngāi Tahu had no option but to take jobs working for the newly arrived European settlers who
were establishing farms on what had been Māori land.

Source: https://www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Consultation/2017/October/Takapuneke-Conservation-Report-FINAL-Dec-2012.PDF

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