Research Catalog

Title

Rangahaua Whanui District. 8, The alienation of Māori land in the Rohe Potae (Aotea Block), 1840-1920 / Cathy Marr.

Author

Marr, Cathy.

Publication

[Wellington, N.Z.] : Waitangi Tribunal, [1996]

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Additional Authors

New Zealand. Waitangi Tribunal.

Description

xii, 158 p. : maps; 30 cm.

Summary

The focus of this report is on nineteenth-century alienations of Maori land in the north and western part of the King Country or Rohe Potae, known as the Aotea block. Policies and developments in the wider Rohe Potae are also touched on where necessary.

Series Statement

Waitangi Tribunal Rangahaua Whanui series

Uniform Title

Waitangi Tribunal Rangahaua Whanui series.

Alternative Title

• Alienation of Māori land in the Rohe Potae (Aotea Block), 1840-1920
• Rangahaua Whanui District 8

Subject

• Māori (New Zealand people) > Waikato > History
• Land tenure > Waikato > History
• Māori (New Zealand people) > History. > Waikato
• Government purchasing of real property > Waikato > History
• Eminent domain > Waikato
• Waikato (N.Z.) > History
• King Country (N.Z.) > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Cover title.
• "December 1996."
• "Working paper : first release."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

CHAPTER1: Alienations before 1860 (Traditional tenure ; Early European contact until 1860 ; Old land claims ; Early Crown purchases) -- CHAPTER 2: The decision to "open up" the Rohe Potae (Rohe Potae "state" ; Decision to "open up" the Rohe Potae ; Mokau Mohakatino block ; Joshua Jones's lease) -- CHAPTER 3: Ngati Maniapoto "compact" with government, 1882-83 (Split with Tawhiao ; Opening up of Kawhia Harbour ; Major elements of the "compact" ; Railway survey and the 1883 petition ; Agreement to survey the external boundary of the Rohe Potae lands) -- CHAPTER 4: Failure of the "compact" [and] the Native Land Court and government land purchasing policy (Introduction of Native Land Court operations within the external boundary ; Adoption of a policy of Government purchasing) -- CHAPTER 5: Government land purchasing: the overall framework (Native Land Court process ; Influence of government officials ; Overall government policy and the legislative framework) -- CHAPTER 6: Major elements of government land purchasing policy in the Rohe Potae (Aotea Block) in the 1890s (Secret purchasing of individual interests in land ; Selection of land to be purchased ; Manipulation of the Native Land Court process ; Encouraging debts and costs to force sale ; Reserves policy for sellers ; Establishing a purchase price -- CHAPTER 7: Implementation of Government land purchasing in the Rohe Potae (Aotea Block) 1900-20 (Native townships ; District Maori land councils and boards).

OCLC

• 40312406
• SCSB-12664703

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Harvard Library