Research Catalog

Title

The Ngāi Tahu deeds : a window on New Zealand history / Harry C. Evison.

Author

Evison, Harry, 1924-

Publication

Christchurch, N.Z. : Canterbury University Press, 2007.

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Details

Description

312 p. : ill. (some col)., facsims. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports.; 30 cm.

Summary

"Harry Evison re-examines New Zealand colonial history in the light of a number of original documents, particularly the ten Ngai Tahu deeds by which the Crown acquired Maori title to the southern half of New Zealand from 1844 to 1864." --

Subject

• Treaty of Waitangi (1840 February 6)
• Deeds > New Zealand > South Island
• Kāi Tahu (New Zealand people) > Land tenure > History
• Land tenure > New Zealand > South Island
• Kāi Tahu (New Zealand people) > Government relations
• Tiriti o Waitangi
• Ture whenua
• Kōrero nehe
• Mana whenua
• New Zealand > History > 1840-1853

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-296) and indexes.

Language (note)

• English with some Māori.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Ngai Tahu before 1840 -- 2. Maori land rights, the Treaty of Waitangi and the Wakefield scheme -- 3. The Otago Deed -- 4. Governor Grey and the Wairau Purchase -- 5. Kemp's Deed -- 6. Walter Mantell and the 'completion' of Kemp's Purchase -- 7. The Port Cooper Deed -- 8. The Port Levy Deed -- 9. The Murihiku Purchase -- 10. Governor Grey's record in South Island Maori affairs, 1845-53 -- 11. The Akaroa Deed -- 12. The North Canterbury Deed -- 13. The Kaikoura Deed -- 14. The Arahura Deed -- 15. The Rakiura Deed -- 16. After the Deeds -- Appendix. The Treaty of Waitangi.

ISBN

• 9781877257391 (hbk.)
• 1877257397 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 174104130
• SCSB-12137214

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library