A Separate Authority (He Mana Motuhake), Volume I: Establishing the Tūhoe Māori Sanctuary in New Zealand, 1894-1915

by Steven Webster

Book Overview

This 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030410447
• ISBN13: 9783030410445
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"