Table Of Contents:

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1(30)

Overview: Confiscation in New Zealand 3(10)

Richard Boast

Richard Hill

The Historiography of Confiscation 3(4)

The Contributions 7(4)

Acknowledgements 11(2)

Raupatu: the Punitive Confiscation of Maori Land in the 1860s 13(18)

Bryan Gilling

Introduction 13(1)

Confiscation of Land for Rebellion 14(2)

Justification for Confiscation 16(1)

The Confiscation Model 17(3)

A Tale of Six Districts: Raupatu in Practice 20(1)

Taranaki 20(2)

Waikato 22(1)

Tauranga 23(2)

Eastern Bay of Plenty 25(2)

Mohaka---Waikare 27(1)

East Coast 28(2)

Conclusion 30(1)

PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 31(34)

Riders of the Whirlwind: Tribal Peoples and European Settlement Booms, 1790s-1900s 33(15)

James Belich

European-Indigenous Contact 33(3)

Myth and Reality of Empire 36(3)

Explosive Settlement 39(2)

Dispossession 41(2)

Case Studies 43(4)

Conclusion 47(1)

Land Seizures and Aftershocks: `A True History Lesson' on Anglo-colonialism 48(17)

John C. Weaver

Introduction 48(1)

The Challenges and Appeal of Writing `True History' Lessons 49(2)

`A True History Lesson' on Colonization's Core Value Set 51(8)

Lifting the Past's Dead Hand from `A True History Lesson' 59(6)

PART THREE: CONFISCATION IN COLONIAL NEW ZEALAND 65(78)

A `Savage War of Peace'? Motives for Government Policies Towards the Kingitanga, 1857-1863 67(43)

Alan Ward

Imperialism 67(3)

Maori-European Interaction 70(1)

Law and War 71(4)

Comparisons 75(2)

The Fate of `Amalgamation' in New Zealand 77(5)

The Waitara Purchase 82(4)

Kingitanga and the Crown 86(8)

Governor Grey's Policies 94(9)

Invasions 103(2)

Raupatu 105(3)

Conclusion 108(2)

An Illusory Power? Metropole, Colony and Land Confiscation in New Zealand, 1863-1865 110(33)

Michael Allen

Introduction 110(3)

The Shift to Responsible Government in New Zealand 113(2)

Confiscation Proposals of Grey and the Domett Ministry, June---October 1863 115(5)

Grey and the Whitaker---Fox Ministry, November 1863---April 1864 120(4)

Grey and the Whitaker---Fox Ministry, April---November 1864 124(7)

Grey and the Weld Ministry, November 1864---September 1865 131(6)

Implementation of Confiscation in Waikato and Taranaki 137(2)

Conclusion 139(4)

PART FOUR: RAUPATU AND LAW 143(120)

`An Expensive Mistake': Law, Courts, and Confiscation on the New Zealand Colonial Frontier 145(98)

Richard Boast

Confiscation and Law 145(6)

Statutory Confiscation in New Zealand 151(86)

1955-1975 237(1)

1976-1996 238(1)

Maori Reserved Lands Amendment Act 1997 239(1)

Effects of Dairy Industry Restructuring 240(1)

Conclusion 241(1)

Post Script 241(2)

Raupatu Settlement---Legal Finality and Political Reality 243(20)

Alex Frame

The Background and a Declaration of Interest 243(3)

The Situation of Raupatu Claims in 1989 246(2)

The Post-World War Two Settlements 248(3)

Establishing the Principle of Redress 251(2)

Getting Negotiations Under Way 253(3)

The Deed of Settlement in 1995 256(2)

Finality under the Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 258(2)

Conclusion 260(3)

Appendix: Confiscation Legislation in New Zealand 263(4)

Richard Boast

Notes on Contributors 267(3)

Combined Bibliography 270(17)

Acts of Parliament 270(1)

Archival Sources 271(1)

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington (ATL) 271(1)

Archives New Zealand, Wellington (ANZ) 272(1)

Auckland University 272(1)

Crown Law Office, Wellington 272(1)

Hocken Library, Dunedin 272(1)

Land Information New Zealand, Wellington (LINZ) 272(1)

Maori Land Court 272(1)

National Archives, Kew, London (NA) 272(1)

Parliamentary Counsel Office, Wellington 273(1)

Waitangi Tribunal 273(1)

Deeds of Settlement 273(1)

Government Sources 273(1)

Legal Cases 273(1)

Newspapers 274(1)

Published Literature 274(9)

Research Reports Presented to the Waitangi Tribunal 283(2)

Theses and Unpublished Papers 285(2)
Index 287