TY - BOOK AU - O'Malley,Vincent ED - Crown Forestry Rental Trust (N.Z.) TI - Agents of autonomy: Māori committees in the nineteenth century SN - 095837080X U1 - 993.00499442 PY - 1997///] CY - Wellington [N.Z.] PB - Crown Forestry Rental Trust KW - Māori (New Zealand people) KW - Politics and government KW - Land tenure KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - New Zealand KW - History KW - 19th century N1 - 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 ER -