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Historical frictions : Maori claims and reinvented histories / Michael Belgrave.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2005.Description: viii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1869403207 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
History goes to court -- Lost treaties and the making of a modern treaty -- Muriwhenua : colonising in retrospect -- Ngai Tahu : a claim for all times -- Taranaki : victims triumphant -- Chatham Islands : pulling away at custom's cloak -- Elusive settlements.
Summary: This important book shows how the Waitangi Tribunal's rewriting of New Zealand's history is part of a much longer tradition. Belgrave explores how courts and commissions of inquiry became from 1840, places where Maori claims to resources and mana were debated as historical narratives of discovery and conquest, loss and displacement. Inquiries and claim settlements have adjusted relationships between Maori and the state and helped keep Maori custom alive. Chapters demonstrate how the Treaty of Waitangi and claim settlements have changed their meanings over time and how the Ngai Tahu, Taranaki, Muriwhenua and Chatham Islands claims have been re-examined over successive generations. Today, as Belgrave explains, the Waitangi Tribunal's own historical interpretations are influenced by the weight of these earlier investigations and by its political and legal role as a commission of inquiry.
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Te Taurawhiri Non-Fiction Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Te Taurawhiri Te Taurawhiri 993.02 BEL Available T00422555
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The land claims presented before the Waitangi Tribunal, first established in 1975 as a permanent commision of inquiry to address claims by the Maori people, are discussed in this analysis of the role of legal courts and commissions in mediating disputes with indigenous peoples.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-376) and index.

History goes to court -- Lost treaties and the making of a modern treaty -- Muriwhenua : colonising in retrospect -- Ngai Tahu : a claim for all times -- Taranaki : victims triumphant -- Chatham Islands : pulling away at custom's cloak -- Elusive settlements.

This important book shows how the Waitangi Tribunal's rewriting of New Zealand's history is part of a much longer tradition. Belgrave explores how courts and commissions of inquiry became from 1840, places where Maori claims to resources and mana were debated as historical narratives of discovery and conquest, loss and displacement. Inquiries and claim settlements have adjusted relationships between Maori and the state and helped keep Maori custom alive. Chapters demonstrate how the Treaty of Waitangi and claim settlements have changed their meanings over time and how the Ngai Tahu, Taranaki, Muriwhenua and Chatham Islands claims have been re-examined over successive generations. Today, as Belgrave explains, the Waitangi Tribunal's own historical interpretations are influenced by the weight of these earlier investigations and by its political and legal role as a commission of inquiry.

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