Ko taku rau kotahi

This thesis is written entirely in the Maori language. ; Raupatu (conquest of land) has been and still is a threat to the sovereignty and self-management of the Māori people. For the people of Waikato, raupatu has had such a significant impact that it has become a part of the people’s identity. The New Zealand Land Wars of the 1860s signalled the beginning of the troubles for Waikato that would plague them for generations. Many Waikato people died for the land that had once nourished them, which was ‘stolen’ by the Crown and its colonial forces under the guise of ‘confiscation’ by way of the New Zealand Settlement Act 1863. This thesis examines raupatu in relation to the Waikato people, and the effects raupatu has had on them. 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