"Te Kooti Tango Whenua": the Native Land Court 1864-1909

the Native Land Court 1864-1909

Author: David V. Williams

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 Maori landholdings.

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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 Maori landholdings.

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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.' "