Ngati Haua Deed of Settlement - Terabyte Interactive

NGĀTI HAUĀ DEED OF SETTLEMENT2: HISTORICAL ACCOUNT2.167 In the nineteenth century Ngāti Hauā and other Māori were exposed to infectiousdiseases, such as influenza and measles, for the first time. The lack of prior immunityto diseases that arrived in New Zealand with the Europeans took a heavy toll. TheTaranaki and Waikato wars also had a significant impact on the Ngāti Hauā population.Periodic outbreaks of disease continued throughout the late nineteenth century. An1896 influenza epidemic resulted in high mortality rates, especially at the settlement ofMaungakawa.2.168 By the start of the twentieth century the population of Ngāti Hauā had begun to recoverfrom the steep decline experienced in the nineteenth century, although a large numberof Ngāti Hauā tribal members died in the 1918 influenza pandemic.2.169 By the middle of the twentieth century, a number of factors, including a rising Māoripopulation and the lack of rural employment opportunities, encouraged significanturbanisation both to Hamilton and outside the customary rohe altogether. Urbanisationserved to further weaken cultural ties and practices.2.170 In the 2006 Census, the median annual income for Waikato-Tainui, including NgātiHauā, was approximately 8 per cent less than the median annual income for all Māori,and nearly 18 per cent less than for the total New Zealand population. Nearly 50 percent of Māori resident within the Matamata-Piako district had no formal qualifications,compared with 40 per cent of the total Māori population and 25 per cent of the NewZealand population as a whole.2.171 Within the Ngāti Hauā area of interest, just over one per cent of the land remains inMāori ownership today.2.172 Ngāti Hauā say that the actions and omissions of the Crown since 1840 have causedreal and enduring harm and distress to them as a people.32