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Professor Alan Ward
Professor Alan Ward
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National Overview

The three-volume National Overview report was produced by Professor Alan Ward in 1997. It summarises the material accumulated for the Rangahaua Whānui project. The published report is available from Legislation Direct.




Volume I


Preliminaries Title pages, contents, etc
Executive Summary Executive Summary
Part I The Historical Experience by National Theme
Part II The Historical Experience by Rangahaua Whānui District
Part III Optional Strategies for Dealing with Historical Treaty Claims
Appendix I Practice Note
Appendix II Direction Commissioning Research
Appendix III Directions of Tribunal
Appendix IV ‘Surplus Lands’ in the New Zealand Company’s Districts
Appendix V The Crown’s 1996 Policy on Claims Involving Public Works Acquisitions
Appendix VI Estimated Populations
Appendix VII Acreage Per Head of Māori Land in Each District in 1939
Appendix VIII Sales under Māori Land Boards


Volume II


Preliminaries Title pages, contents, etc
Chapter 1 The High Price of Crown Protection: Land Transactions, the Treaty, and Instructions to the Governor
Chapter 2

Old Land Claims and ‘Surplus Land’
Chapter 3 The New Zealand Company Purchase
Chapter 4 Fitzroy’s Waiver of Crown Pre-emption
Chapter 5

Crown Purchases to 1865

Chapter 6 Raupatu
Chapter 7 Purchases under the Native Land Acts, 1865–99
Chapter 8 Reserves and Restrictions on Alienation to 1900
Chapter 9 The Validation Court
Chapter 10 Goldfield and Other Mining Policy and Legislation
Chapter 11 Public Works Takings
Chapter 12 Surveys
Chapter 13 Foreshores
Chapter 14 Inland Waterways
Chapter 15 Māori Land Administration in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 16 Native Townships
Chapter 17

Development Schemes

Chapter 18

The Māori Trustee
Chapter 19 Māori and Rating Law
Chapter 20 Tino Rangatiratanga: Māori in the Political and Administrative System
Appendix The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi

Volume III


Preliminaries Title pages, contents, etc
Chapter 1 Auckland
Chapter 2 Hauraki
Chapter 3 The Bay of Plenty
Chapter 4 Urewera
Chapter 5 Gisborne and the East Coast
Chapter 6 Waikato
Chapter 7 The Volcanic Plateau
Chapter 8 The King Country
Chapter 9 Whanganui
Chapter 10 Taranaki
Chapter 11 Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, and Wairoa
Chapter 12 Wellington
Chapter 13 Northern South Island
Chapter 14 Southern South Island
Chapter 15 The Chatham Islands


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Legislation Direct

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