LibGuides: Te Ao Maori: Whenua Māori

The following are databases, government resources and maps that mention or dealt with Māori land records.

Databases

Māori Land Court Minute Books Index
An index of the minute books for hearings held between 1865 and 1910.

Fenton's Important Judgments
Important Judgments delivered in the Compensation Court and Native Land Court 1866 to 1879 and Native Custom and Law Affecting Native Land.

Lexis Advance
New Zealand and international legal content.

Hansard (Debates)
Transcript of debates in the New Zealand Parliament, including the Legislative Council.

Government

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR)
Manaaki Whenua | Landcare Research
Crown Research Institute (CRI).
Te Kooti Whenua Māori | Māori Land Court
Court service for owners of Māori land and their whānau and hāpu.
Ngā Tipu Whakaoranga
Information on how Māori used plants, particularly before the arrival of Europeans.
Te Arawhiti | Office for Māori Crown Relations
Negotiates the settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims, and administers the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.
Raupatu Document Bank
National Archives relating to land claims from the 1870s to 1960s together with statutes relating to confiscated land.
Waitangi Tribunal
Treaty of Waitangi claims, reports and publications.
Papatupu Block Committee Minute Books
Digitised Taitokerau and Tairawhiti districts, 1900-1910.

Maps

Toitū Te Whenua | Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
Topographic maps for all of New Zealand, its offshore islands, some Pacific Islands and the Ross Sea region of Antarctica.
Pātaka Whenua
Current ownership, trustee, memorial and block information.
Visualising Māori Land
Physical characteristics, constraints and potential of Māori land.
Māori Maps
Maps, photographs and information for every tribal Marae.
The Map Room
Located Level M, General Library, University of Auckland. New Zealand and Pacific sheet maps, atlases, aerial photographs and gazetteers.
Ngāi Tahu Atlas
Includes over 1,000 traditional Māori place names that have been fully referenced from whānau manuscripts, published books, 19th century maps, newspaper articles, and a vast array of unpublished material.

Land wars

Although warfare broke out between 1845 and 1872, the war over land has not ended for Māori. The following resources provide historical accounts of the Land Wars ranging from 1983 to 2016.

The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict by James Belich
ISBN: 9781869408275
Publication Date: 2015
Non-Indigenous author.
Tutū te Puehu: New Perspectives on the New Zealand Wars by John Crawford and Ian McGibbon (editors).
ISBN: 9780947493721
Publication Date: 2018
Non-Indigenous author.
Kūpapa: The Bitter Legacy of Māori Alliances with the Crown by Ron Crosby
ISBN: 9780143573111
Publication Date: 2015
Non-Indigenous author.
Wars Without End: The Land Wars in Nineteenth Century New Zealand by Danny Keenan
ISBN: 9780143011224
Publication Date: 2009
The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period by James Cowan
Publication Date: 2005
Non-Indigenous author.
The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato 1800-2000 by Vincent O'Malley
ISBN: 9781927277546
Publication Date: 2016
Non-Indigenous author.

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