Buying the land, selling the land : governments and Māori land in the North Island 1865-1921

This Is A Study Of Crown Maori Land Policy And Practice In The Period 1865-1929. The Story The Book Tells Is In Many Ways A Bleak And Grim One Of A Tsunami Of Crown Purchasing Crashing Over A People Who Were In Very Difficult Circumstances.--book Jacket. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Legal Framework: The Native Lands Acts, The Native Land Courts And The Confiscations -- 3. From Mclean To The Liberals: Native Land Policy In Its Political Context: 1869-1891 -- 4. The Liberals And Reform: 1891-1929 -- 5. Land, Economy And Environment: 1870-1920 -- 6. 'the Potency Of The Chequebook': The Land Purchasing Process -- 7. Two Block Case Studies: Ruapehu-tongariro And Tutira -- 8. A Regional Case Study: Turanga (poverty Bay) -- 9. Sellers -- 10. Non-sellers -- 11. Retrospect. Richard Boast. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 454-470) And Index. Studying Crown Maori land policy and practice in the period 1869–1929, from the establishment of the Native Land Court power until the cessation of large-scale Crown purchasing by Gordon Coates, this investigation chronicles the bleak and grim tidal wave of Crown purchasing that dominated the Maori people under very difficult circumstances. While recognizing that the government purchasing of Maori land was in its own way driven by genuine, if blinkered, idealism, this work's deep research on land purchasing policy gives renewed insight on the significant politicians of the era, such as Sir Donald McLean, John Balance, and John McKenzie who were strong advocates of expanded and state-controlled land purchasing.