1825-28 (approx.)

Civil war among the Ngāi Tahu. Villages destroyed at Ripapa Island, Tai Tapu and Birdlings Flat. A feud appears to have halved the Māori population in Canterbury, which previously numbered about 5000.

Notes

• Information for this resource was based on the second edition of John Densem’s Christchurch chronology: a history of settlement. Environmental Policy and Planning Policy Unit, Christchurch City Council, 1990.
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