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Ngati Whatua Orakei made a strategic gift of land to Hobson for the new capital. During the New Zealand wars many fencibles and soldiers were stationed in and around Auckland. In 1865, Auckland was replaced by Wellington as the capital, but continued to grow, initially because of its port and the logging and gold-mining activities in its hinterland, and later because

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