The treaty : thoughts on the Treaty of Waitangi / Des Hammill
- Bib ID:
- 3969256
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hammill, Des
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Wellington, N.Z. : First Edition, c2006
- 135 p. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1877391581
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: O V Er V Ie W 13
- Pa Rt One 15
- A Short History of New Zealand up to 1840 15
- The Maori 'Declaration of Independence' 27
- In view of the declaration 31
- For the benefit of all 32
- M aori did settle first 35
- Land value rises 37
- The need for an alliance 39
- Part Tw O 43
- The British perspective before the Treaty 43
- Summary of Lord Normanby's brief 62
- Part Three 64
- The Treaty of Waitangi 64
- Discrepancies in translation of the Treaty 65
- Maori ki ti Tetahi Titiro 68
- The English version of the Treaty of Waitangi 71
- Part Four 74
- The legal and non-legal status of the Treaty 74
- W hat is a treaty? 75
- International law 75
- The British government and Maori sovereignty 76
- An 'Act of State' 77
- The true status of the Treaty 79
- A treaty of cession and annexation 81
- British common law 82
- The Treaty not reversible after signing 83
- The standing of the Treaty after it was signed 84
- Part Five 86
- After the Treaty was signed 86
- The money system prior to 1840 87
- 'The 1840 rule' 87
- Reasons Maori were willing to sell land 88
- 'Customary Maori land' 1840-1865 90
- A Crown grant 90
- 'Freehold land' 92
- Pre-emption for Maori 1840-1843 92
- The price of land sold 96
- The importance of land to Maori 97
- The value of land 98
- The early land sales 99
- Pre-emption is waived 101
- Earliest major problem over land 102
- Land ownership 1840-1865 103
- Leasing land 1840-1846 104
- Wastelands claimed by the Crown 105
- Pre-emption reinstated in 1846 106
- PART Six 109
- The Treaty as New Zealand domestic law 109
- The 'New Zealand Constitutions Act' 110
- The first representatives of government 112
- Maori seats in parliament 115
- Obligations under the treaty 117
- The 'Native Land Act 1862' 119
- Native land courts 121
- The 'Native Land Act 1865' 121
- 'M aori freehold land' 122
- Abolishing pre-emption 123
- The 'Native Land Act 1867' 124
- The 'Native Land Act 1873' 125
- Rateable land 125
- Duty of care 126
- Assim ilation 131
- The Treaty as a 'living docum ent' 131
- Partnership 133
- W aitangi Day 133
- Conclusion 135.
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- Publication date:
- 2006
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