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ELLERSLIE PAKEHA
LAND ACQUISITION
Picture: Sir John Logan Campbell standing by the statue of himself at Cornwall Park in 1906. Auckland City Libraries Special Collections
 Pakeha Land Acquisition
Previous visits by European missionaries and vessels had created a desire
among iwi to encourage individual Pakeha to settle in order to facilitate
trade relations. Hence, large areas of land were sometimes sold or gifted
to Pakeha as an incentive to settle in the area.
Land now known as One Tree Hill, Epsom and Ellerslie was for many years dominated
by large farming estates. Maungakiekie was initially included in a large
block of land purchased by Thomas Henry in 1845 and by 1853 Sir John Logan
Campbell purchased surrounding land in the region. The government later excluded
115 acres from Henry's property and converted it into a public domain, acknowledging the historic value of the land.
Picture: Ellerslie during the 1880s, Auckland City Libraries Special Collections
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