Buying the Land, Selling the Land: Governments and Maori Land in the North Island 1865-1921

Buying the Land, Selling the Land: Governments and Maori Land in the North Island 1865-1921
ISBN-10
0864735618
ISBN-13
9780864735614
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
485
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Author
Richard Boast

Description

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.

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