The treaty : thoughts on the Treaty of Waitangi / Des Hammill.

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Published: Wellington, N.Z. : First Edition, c2006.
Main Author:
Hammill, Des
Māori Subjects:
Kōrero nehe
Tiriti o Waitangi
Whenua tautohetohe
Tino rangatiratanga
Kāwanatanga
Subjects:
Treaty of Waitangi > (1840 February 6)
Māori > Government relations.
Maori > Treaties.
Format: Book
The treaty : thoughts on the Treaty of Waitangi /
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Part 1: A short history of New Zealand up to 1840
  • The Māori 'Declaration of Independence'
  • In view of the declaration
  • For the benefit of all
  • Māori did settle first
  • Land value rises
  • The need for an alliance
  • Part 2: The British perspective before the Treaty
  • Summary of Lord Normanby's brief
  • Part 3: The Treaty of Waitangi
  • Discrepancies in translation of the Treaty
  • Māori ki ti Tetahi Titiro
  • The English version of the Treaty of Waitangi
  • Part 4: The legal and non-legal status of the Treaty
  • What is a Treaty?
  • International law
  • The Btitish government and Māori sovereignty
  • An 'Act of State'
  • The true status of the Treaty
  • A treaty of cession and annexation
  • British common law
  • The Treaty not reversible after signing
  • The standing of the Treaty after it was signed
  • Part 5: After the Treaty was signed
  • The money system prior to 1840
  • 'The 1840 rule'
  • Reasons Māori were willing to sell land
  • 'Customary Māori land' 1840-1865
  • A Crown grant
  • 'Freehold land'
  • Pre-emption for Māoi 1840-1843
  • The price of land sold
  • The importance of land to Māori
  • The value of land
  • The early land sales
  • Pre-emption is waived
  • Earliest major problem over land
  • Land ownership 1840-1865
  • Leasing land 1840-1846
  • Part 6: The Treaty as New Zealand domestic law
  • The 'New Zealand Constitutions Act'
  • The first representatives of government
  • Māori seats in Parliament
  • Obligations under the Treaty
  • The 'Native Land Act 1862'
  • Native Land Courts
  • The 'Native Land Act 1865'
  • 'Māori freehold land'
  • Abolishing pre-emption
  • The 'Native Land Act 1867'
  • The 'Native Land Act 1873'
  • Rateable land
  • Duty of care
  • Assimilation
  • The Treaty as a 'living document'
  • Partnership
  • Waitangi Day
  • Conclusion.

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