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1 online resource (924 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Photographs; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 : Introduction; Chapter 2 : The Legal Framework: The Native Lands Acts, the Native Land Court and the Confiscations; Chapter 3 : From McLean to the Liberals: Native Land Policy in its Political Context 1869-1891; Chapter 4 : The Liberals and Reform 1891-1929; Chapter 5 : Land, Economy and Environment 1870-1920; Chapter 6 : 'The Potency of the Chequebook': The Land Purchasing Process; Chapter 7 : Two Block Case Studies: Ruapehu-Tongariro and Tutira |
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Chapter 8 : A Regional Case Study: Turanga(Poverty Bay)Chapter 9 : Sellers; Chapter 10 : Non-Sellers; Chapter 11 : Retrospect; References; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright |
| Summary |
Studying Crown Maori land policy and practice in the period 1869-1929, from the establishment of the Native Land Court power until the cessation of large-scale Crown purchasing by Gordon Coates, this investigation chronicles the bleak and grim tidal wave of Crown purchasing that dominated the Maori people under very difficult circumstances. While recognizing that the government purchasing of Maori land was in its own way driven by genuine, if blinkered, idealism, this work's deep research on land purchasing policy gives renewed insight on the significant politicians of the era, such as Sir Don |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Government purchasing of real property -- New Zealand -- North Island -- History
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure -- New Zealand -- North Island -- History
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Land tenure -- New Zealand -- North Island -- History
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- Government policy -- New Zealand -- North Island -- History
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Government purchasing of real property
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Land tenure
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- Government policy
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure
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New Zealand -- North Island
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780864736697 |
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086473669X |
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