Raupatu : the confiscation of Māori land / edited by Richard Boast and Richard S. Hill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Introduction. Ch. 1. Overview : Confiscation in New Zealand / Richard Boast and Richard Hill ( The historiography of confiscation ; The contributions ; Acknowledgements ). Ch. 2. Raupata : the punitive confiscation of Maori land in the 1860s / Bryan Gilling ( Introduction ; Confiscation of land for rebellion ; Justification for confiscation ; The confiscation model ; A tale of six districts : Raupatu in practice ; Taranaki ; Waikato ; Tauranga ; Eastern Bay of Plenty ; Mohaka-Waikare ; East Coast ; Conclusion ) -- Pt. 2. International context. Ch. 3. Riders of the whirlwind : Tribal peoples and European settlement booms, 1790s-1900s / James Belich ( European-Indigenous contact ; Myth and reality of empire ; Explosive settlement ; Dispossession ; Case studies ; Conclusion ). Ch. 4. Land seizures and aftershocks : 'A true history lesson' on Anglo-colonialism / John C. Weaver ( Introduction ; The challenges and appeal of writing 'true history' lessons ; 'A true history lesson' on colonization's core value set ; Lifting the past's dead hand from 'a true history lesson' ) -- Pt. 3. Confiscation in colonial New Zealand. Ch. 5. A 'savage war of peace'? Motives for Government policies towards the Kingitanga 1857-1863 / Alan Ward ( Imperialism ; Maori-European interaction ; Law and war ; Comparisons ; The fate of 'amalgamation' in New Zealand ; The Waitara purchase ; Kingitanga and the Crown ; Governor Grey's policies ; Invasions ; Raupatu ; Conclusion ). Ch. 6. An illusory power? Metropole, colony and land confiscation in New Zealand, 1863-1865 / Michael Allen ( Introduction ; The shift to responsible government in New Zealand ; Confiscation proposals of Grey and the Domett ministry, June-October 1863 ; Grey and the Whitaker-Fox ministry, November 1863-April 1864 ; Grey and the Whitaker-Fox ministry, April-November 1864 ; Grey and the Weld ministry, November 1864-September 1865 ; Implementation of confiscation in Waikato and Taranaki ; Conclusion ) -- Pt. 4. Raupatu and law. Ch. 7. 'An expensive mistake' : Law, courts, and confiscation on the New Zealand colonial frontier / Richard Boast ( Confiscation and law ; Statutory confiscation in New Zealand ; The compensation court and special commissioners ; Confiscation as tenurial revolution ; Confiscation and law : some reflections ; Directions for research ). Ch 8. Strands for the afterlife of confiscation : Property rights, constitutional histories and the political incorporation of Maori, 1920s / Mark Hickford ( Introduction : Legal-historical narratives of 'confiscation' and the 'autonomy' of the Crown ; Confiscation, law and politics within the Crown ; Towards a royal commission on confiscation, 1922-1925 : 'the ventilation of these alleged grievances before some tribunal' ; 'The mote having been removed from their eyes' : the Sim Commission, 1925-1928 ; Conclusion ) -- Pt. 5. Case studies. Ch. 9. 'A mild sort of confiscation'? War and raupatu on the East Coast / Vincent O'Malley ( Introduction ; Arrival of the Pai Marire ; Taking the land ; Native land court operations ; Conclusion ). Ch. 10. Te Upokokohua : The curse of confiscation on Te Urewera / Judith Binney ( Introduction ; The significance of Orakau ; Invasion, raupatu and resistance ; The second Raupatu ; The aftermath of Raupatu ; Conclusion ) -- Pt. 6. Legacies of Raupatu. Ch. 11. Perpetual leasing in Taranaki, 1880-2008 / Dion Tuuta ( Introduction ; 1865-1892 ; 1892-1955 ; 1955-1975 ; 1976-1996 ; Maori Reserved Lands Amendment Act 1997 ; Effects of dairy industry restructuring ; Conclusion ; Post script ). Ch. 12. Raupatu settlement : Legal finality and political reality / Alex Frame ( The background and a declaration of interest ; The situation of Raupatu claims in 1989 ; The post-World War Two settlements ; Establishing the principle of redress ; Getting negotiations under way ; Tbe deed of settlement in 1995 ; Finality under the Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 ; Conclusion ) -- --

Ch. 6 An illusionary power? : metropole, colony and land confiscation in New Zealand, 1863-1856 / Michael Allen -- The shift to responsible government in New Zealand - Confiscation proposals of Grey and the Domett Ministry, June-October 1863 - Grey and the Whitaker-Fox Ministry, November 1863-April 1864 - Grey and the Whitaker-Fox Ministry, April-November 1864 - Grey and the Weld Ministry, November 1864-September 1865 - Implementation of confiscation in Waikato and Taranaki -- PT. FOUR: RAUPATU AND LAW -- Ch. 7 An Expensive Mistake : law, courts and confiscation on the New Zealand colonial frontier / Richard Boast -- Confiscation and law - Statutory confiscation in New Zealand - The Compensation Court and special commissioners - Confiscation as tenurial revolution - Confiscation and law : some reflections - Directions for research -- Ch. 8 Strands from the afterlife of confiscation : property rights, constitutional histories and the political incorporation of Māori, 1920s / Mark Hickford -- Introd. : legal-historical narratives of Confiscation and the Autonomy of the Crown - Confiscation, law and politics within the Crown - Towards a Royal Commission on Confiscation, 1922-1925 : 'the ventilation of these alleged grievances before some tribunal' - 'The mote having been removed from their eyes' : the Sim Commission, 1925-1928 -- PT. FIVE: CASE STUDIES -- Ch. 9 'A mild sort of confiscation'? : war and raupatu on the East Coast / Vincent O'Malley -- Arrival of Pai Mārire - Taking the land - Native Land Court operations -- Ch. 10 Te Upokokohua : the curse of confiscation on Te Urewera / Judith Binney -- The significance of Orakau - Invasion, raupatu and resistance - The second raupatu - The aftermath of raupatu.

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