Privileged Property Owners
The Europeanisation of the Māori Cultivation Reserve. Historic Houses on Hape Road, Thames Richard (Dick) Wilkins June 2026 After the opening of the Goldfield, miners could apply for a Residence Site which, initially, was only 1/20 th of an acre. This provided sufficient ground for a small cottage but there was no sense of permanence about them, and most were surrendered as mining fortunes and practices changed. Property development in Thames township and Tararu was somewhat more conventional in that large tracts of land were purchased (by the government and Robert Graham respectively) and subdivided into mo...