Te Rohe Potae Nineteenth Century Land Issues (1840

Wai 898, #A 16 Te Rohe Potae Nineteenth Century Land Issues (1840 - 1907): Scoping Report Leanne Boulton Commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal for the Rohe Potae Inquiry (Wai 898), January 2009 Leanne Boulton, ‘Te Rohe Potae Inquiry Nineteenth Century Land Issues Scoping Report, January 2009 The author Leanne Boulton has been employed as a Research Analyst/Inquiry Facilitator at the Waitangi Tribunal since May 2002. She has completed a report on Native Townships in the Whanganui inquiry district (Wai 903, #A39), co-authored a report on Trusts and Incorporations for the Central North Island Stage 1 inquiry (Wai 1200, #G4) and completed a contextual scoping report on socio-economic issues for the National Park inquiry (Wai 1130, #A57). Her most recent work has been in the Tauranga Moana twentieth century inquiry (Wai 215, #S5 and #S6). In that inquiry she was commissioned to prepare two reports: a socio-economic and demographic profile of Maori in the Tauranga district, 2001 and a report on the impact of town and country planning on Tauranga Maori communities between 1953 and 1990. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and First Class Honours and a Master of Arts with Distinction in History from the University of Canterbury. 1 Leanne Boulton, ‘Te Rohe Potae Inquiry Nineteenth Century Land Issues Scoping Report, January 2009 Contents THE AUTHOR..............................................................................................................................................1 CONTENTS...................................................................................................................................................2 FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................................5 ABBREVIATIONS........................................................................................................................................6 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................................8 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................................8 Commission and casebook background .................................................................................................8 Consultation with claimants.................................................................................................................11 DEFINING THE TOPIC OF THE SCOPING REPORT ..........................................................................................11 Unpacking the topic .............................................................................................................................11 Relationship to other casebook research .............................................................................................14 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................16 Sources.................................................................................................................................................16 Scoping structure .................................................................................................................................18 CHAPTER 1: EARLY EUROPEAN CONTACT AND NON-GOVERNMENT LAND/RESOURCE TRANSACTIONS, PRIOR TO 1862.........................................................................................................25 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................25 DISCUSSION...............................................................................................................................................25 APPROACH.................................................................................................................................................30 Sources.................................................................................................................................................30 Links and overlaps with other casebook research ...............................................................................37 Existing research .................................................................................................................................37 Research needed ..................................................................................................................................38 Time and resources required ...............................................................................................................38 Total estimate time for researching and drafting this chapter.............................................................39 CHAPTER 2: EARLY GOVERNMENT CONTACT AND CROWN LAND/RESOURCES TRANSACTIONS TO 1865........................................................................................................................40 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................40 DISCUSSION...............................................................................................................................................40 APPROACH.................................................................................................................................................47 Sources.................................................................................................................................................47 2 Leanne Boulton, ‘Te Rohe Potae Inquiry Nineteenth Century Land Issues Scoping Report, January 2009 Links and overlaps with other casebook research ...............................................................................55 Existing research .................................................................................................................................55 Research needed ..................................................................................................................................55 Time and resources required ...............................................................................................................56 Total estimate time for research and writing up first draft..................................................................56 Possible research assistance projects..................................................................................................57 CHAPTER 3: THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW LAND LEGISLATION AND THE NATIVE LAND COURT TO THE DISTRICT, 1865-1886.................................................................................................59 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................59 DISCUSSION...............................................................................................................................................59 APPROACH.................................................................................................................................................64 Sources.................................................................................................................................................64 Links and overlaps with other casebook research ...............................................................................69 Existing research .................................................................................................................................69 Research needed ..................................................................................................................................70 Other reports that should be commissioned.........................................................................................70 Time and resources required ...............................................................................................................72 Possible research assistance projects..................................................................................................74 CHAPTER 4: THE NATIVE LAND COURT SYSTEM IN TE ROHE POTAE, 1886-1890 ..............75 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................75 DISCUSSION...............................................................................................................................................75 APPROACH.................................................................................................................................................84 Sources.................................................................................................................................................84 Links and overlaps with other casebook research ...............................................................................87 Existing research .................................................................................................................................88 Research needed ..................................................................................................................................90 Time and resources required 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