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in Relation to Flora and Fauna, 1840–1912
Cathy Marr, Robin Hodge and Ben White.
The report is described as ‘both a chronological and issues-based overview of Crown policies, actions and omissions in relation to flora and fauna in New Zealand in the period 1840 to 1912’ (1).
Topics covered include: customary Maori and English common law as it applied to flora and fauna; how flora and fauna was dealt with when the Crown purchased Maori land (including a chapter on forests, kauri gum and flax); how the Native Land Court dealt with rights to flora and fauna; statutes that applied to flora and fauna; scenery preservation and protected areas; State protection of plants and animals; inland waterways; the Crown’s role in habitat transformation; Maori petitions converning flora and fauna; and the role of Maori in habitat transformation.
Report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal, released 2001.
Preliminaries |
Title pages, contents, etc |
| Chapter 1 |
Introduction |
| Chapter 2 |
Phases of Ecological Change |
| Chapter 3 |
Māori Legal and Customary Rights as at 1840 |
| Chapter 4 |
International Perspectives and Doctrines |
| Chapter 5 |
The English Legal Inheritance |
| Chapter 6 |
Government Land Policies and Māori Authority over Flora and Fauna |
| Chapter 7 |
Land Purchases and Māori Rights to Flora and Fauna, 1800–1875 |
| Chapter 8 |
The Native Land Court |
| Chapter 9 |
Māori Paticipation in and Opposition to Habitat Change |
| Chapter 10 |
Acclimatisation and Wildlife Management |
| Chapter 11 |
Scenery Preservation and Protected Areas |
| Chapter 12 |
Forestry, Kauri Gum and Flax |
| Chapter 13 |
Māori Authority over Flora and Fauna Associated with Inland Waterways |
| Chapter 14 |
Petitions to Parliament concerning Flora and Fauna |
| Chapter 15 |
Conclusions |
| Bibliography |
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