Agents of autonomy : Māori committees in the nineteenth century /

O'Malley, Vincent, 1967-

Agents of autonomy : Māori committees in the nineteenth century / Vincent O'Malley. - iii, 198 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198).

2. The Native land Court assumes control -- 3. Early proposals for reform -- 4. Unofficial Committees in the 1870s: brief case studies (Wairarapa; Hawke's Bay and the influence of the Repudiation Movement; Whanganui) -- 5. "Unity is strength": Te Arawa Committees of the 1870s (a more detailed case study) -- 6. Autonomy achieved? The background to the Native Committees Act 1883 -- 7. "A semblance of authority": The demise of the Official Native Committees --8. Autonomy denied: Continuing Maori efforts -- 9. "To keep off the white man and his works: Te Urewera Committees and the experiment of 1896 -- 10. The 1900 legislation.

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