Description
Book SynopsisThis book is an ethnohistorical reconstruction of the establishment in New Zealand of a rare case of Maori home-rule over their traditional domain, backed by a special statute and investigated by a Crown commission the majority of whom were Tūhoe leaders. However, by 1913 Tūhoe home-rule over this vast domain was being subverted by the Crown, which by 1926 had obtained three-quarters of their reserve. By the 1950s this vast area had become the rugged Urewera National Park, isolating over 200 small blocks retained by stubborn Tūhoe "non-sellers". After a century of resistance, in 2014 the Tūhoe finally regained statutory control over their ancestral domain and a detailed apology from the Crown.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction1. A Brief Historical Overview2. Ngāi Tūhoe and Te Urewera3. Historical Background of the Urewera District Native Reserve4. A Preview of the Following Chapters
Part I: Tūhoe hapū and the Establishment of the Urewera District Native ReserveChapter 2:The Tūhoe
rohe pōtae and the Urewera District Native Reserve Commission 1. The general procedures and findings of the commission2. The legitimacy of the Commission among Tūhoe Chapter 3: Difficulties of the commission defining Urewera blocks by
hapū1. Introduction2. Changes in identification of Urewera hapū 1896-19073. Procedural precedents and compromises in the Te Waipotiki case4. Establishing a system for assignment of relative shares5. The resolution to expedite hearings and merge claims6. The aborted plan for radical block amalgamationsChapter 4: The Tamaikoha
hapū branch: internal social organization1. Introduction: the Tamaikoha kāwai or hapū branch2. Sibling groups and surnames3. Spouses, mothers, marriages, and land rights 4. Difficulties determining hapū affiliations of the Tamaikoha hapū branchChapter 5: The Tamaikoha
hapū branch:
hapū affiliations1. Introduction2. Potential and active hapū affiliations3. Ngāi Tokotuai hapū and claims to Tauwhare Manuka and Pukepohatu blocks4. Te Urewera hapū and the claims to Whaitiripapa block5. Ngāti Tāwhaki hapū and the claims to Tarapounamu-Matawhero block6. Further awards without formal claims7. Block committee appointments8. ConclusionChapter 6: Tūhoe
hapū organization and the amalgamation plan1. Introduction2. The Ōhāua te Rangi amalgamation3. The Parekohe amalgamation4. Conclusion
Part II: Kinship and power in Ruatāhuna and Waikaremoana 1899-1913Chapter 7: The Ruatāhuna-Waikaremoana migrant marriage alliance by 18981. Introduction2. The migrant marriage alliance between Ruatāhuna and Waikaremoana areas3. Kinship, affinity, and political activities of marriage alliance leaders4. ConclusionChapter 8: Confrontations over Waikaremoana and Ruatāhuna 1899-19071. Introduction2. Investigation of the Waikaremoana block 1899 - 19073. Investigation of the Ruatāhuna block 1899-19074. ConclusionChapter 9: The Ruatāhuna Partition, 19121. Introduction2. Manawarū: the 'internal boundary dispute'3. Numia Kererū builds his case4. ConclusionChapter 10: Some Plausible Explanations1. Introduction2. Behind the scenes of the Ruatāhuna and Waikaremoana hearings 1900-19033. The emergence of Numia Kererū's strategy 1903-19074. Arranging succession to Te Whenuanui II's title5. Conclusion
Part III: Conclusion Chapter 11: A Contemporary Retrospect:
Getting to Know
Ngāi Tūhoe1. 'Kaupois' lost in Te Urewera2.
Tatau pounamu?: belatedly understanding some marriages 1890s - 1950s3. The 1983 Tekaumārua at Ōhāua
