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Article from the New Zealand Herald
26 August 2010: As Auckland merges to create a supercity, the Herald looks back at how Auckland has changed over the years.

A brief history of Auckland land issues.

In October 1840, officials drew up a deed for the transfer of an estimated 3500 acres (1400 hectares), roughly in a triangle between Hobson Bay, to Cox's Creek and Mt Eden. Ngati Whatua had walked the boundaries with the Governor's officials and later protested that the eastern boundary was Taurarua(Judges Bay).

The Crown from the very first had tricked Ngati Whatua out of 500 acres.
From Ngati Whatua's point of view the transfer of land was done with the intention of setting up an ongoing relationship where land would be provided for settlement, in return for participation in the economy and politics of the new capital.

Since that time there has been disagreement over whether Ngati Whatua sold that land to Hobson or gifted it.