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A Separate Authority : He Mana Motuhake : Volume 2 : Establishing The Tuhoe Maori Sanctuary In New Zealand 1915 - 1926
Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)
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A Separate Authority : He Mana Motuhake : Volume 2 : Establishing The Tuhoe Maori Sanctuary In New Zealand 1915 - 1926
Paperback Edition: 1
Following on from Volume I on the formation of the Urewera District Native Reserve, this monograph examines the period from 1908 to 1926, during which time the Crown subverted Tuhoe control of the UDNR, established a mere decade earlier. While Volume I described how the Tuhoe were able to deploy kin-based power to manipulate Crown power as well as confront one another, this volume describes ways in which the same ancestral descent groups closed ranks to survive nearly two decades of predatory Crown policies determined to dismantle their sanctuary. A relentless Crown campaign to purchase individual Tuhoe land shares ultimately resulted in a misleading Crown scheme to consolidate and relocate Tuhoe land shares, thereby freeing up land for the settlement of non- Tuhoe farmers. By the 1950s, over 200 small Tuhoe blocks were scattered throughout one of the largest National Parks in New Zealand. Although greatly weakened by these policies in terms of kinship solidarity as well as land and other resources, Tuhoe resistance continued until the return of the entire park in 2014 -with unreserved apologies and promises of future support.
Pages : 452
Publisher : Palgrave-Springer
Publication date : 2021
Subjects: Published in New Zealand, New Zealand, Māori, NZ History, Māori History / Kōrero nehe, Disputed Land / Whenua tautohetohe, Treaty of Waitangi / Tiriti o Waitangi