Te Urewera

"Volume I contains chapters 1 to 5. The first two chapters describe Te Urewera, and their development over generations as hapu and iwi by the time of substantial contact with Europeans in the 1860s. Chapter 3 looks at the Tūhoe 'constitutional claim', which concerns the Treaty implications of the fact that Tūhoe did not sign the Treaty, while chapter 4 concerns the Crown's 1866 confiscation of a large tract of Māori land in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Chapter 5 examines the military expeditions launched by the Crown into Te Urewera between 1869 and 1871, following the alliance of Tūhoe and Ngāti Whare with the messianic leader Te Kooti"--Front flap "Volume II contains chapters 6 to 9. Chapter 6 looks at the Crown's military operations in the upper Wairoa and Waikaremoana region in 1865 and 1866, and chapter 7 examines the complex chain of events that led to the Crown's acquisition of over 178,000 acres of land extending to the southern shores of Lake Waikaremoana (the 'four southern blocks'). Chapter 8 concerns the council Te Whitu Tekau established by Tūhoe and Ngāti Whare, which gave effect to their autonomy - te mana motuhake - following the end of military conflict in 1871, while chapter 9 looks at the unique Urewera District Native Reserve Act 1896, which created a 656,000-acre reserve within which the Crown granted powers of self-government to the peoples of Te Urewera and collective tribal control of their lands"--Front flap. "Volume III contains chapters 10, 11, and 12. Chapter 10 reviews claims concerning the Native Land Court and the massive loss of land that took place in the blocks encircling the Urewera District Native Reserve (the 'rim blocks'). Chapter 11 examines how Ngāti Haka Patuheuheu lost the ownership of the Waiohau block - their ancestral land - through fraud, and chapter 12 looks at the claims of Te Whānau-a-kai, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Tūhoe, and Ngāti Kahungunu concerning their respective blocks in the Tahora 2 lands"--Front flap. "Volume IV contains chapters 13 and 14. Chapter 13 looks at why the promise of the Urewera District Native Reserve Act 1896 - which was to provide for Tūhoe self-government through a General Committee - was not fulfilled, and whether the Crown was to blame for the demise of the reserve and the loss of much of the land it was supposed to protect. Chapter 14 examines the Urewera Consolidation Scheme, which was designed to consolidate into a single vast block the many interests the Crown had purchased in the Ur

Year

2017

Language

English

Series

Waitangi Tribunal report -- 2017

Publisher

Legislation Direct

Editions

1

Pages

3887

ISBN

9781869563257

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