Te Kooti Tango Whenua The Native Land Court 1864 1909

Author: David V. Williams

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  • : $49.99 NZD
  • : 9781877241031
  • : Huia Publishers
  • : Huia Publishers
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  • : 0.623
  • : 01 October 1999
  • : New Zealand
  • : 49.99
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  • : David V. Williams
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  • : Paperback
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  • : 407
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  • : Illustrations, ports.
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Description

Williams' history - the first book to provide the "bigger picture' of the activities of the Native Land Court - details the dramatically adverse impact it had on the landholdings of Maori hapu.Te Kooti tango whenua offers a picture of the court in action, with legislative practices that perhaps resulted in the most serious breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi to date, and "points the way to a future less contaminated by hurts arising from injustices of the past.' "