Māori Land Court 1960-1980 : an autoethnographic and social commentary
Warbrick, Wilfred Paerau

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Warbrick, W. P. (2010, August 21). Māori Land Court 1960-1980 : an autoethnographic and social commentary (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8153
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Abstract:
The Maori Land Court in the 1960s and 1970s was a Court responsible for settling issues over the ownership, use and disposal of various land held by Maori. In 1980, a Royal Commission that examined the Maori Land Court made a number of administrative recommendations but it did not recommend dramatic reform of the Court. The Maori Land Court was to continue without major changes in format and jurisdiction. This thesis will show that the Court had to pragmatically and practically navigate relationships that Maori had with their land and with their whanaunga (relatives) and all the social circumstances that that entailed. The thesis uses autoethnographic and micro-history techniques to tell a story about the Court from a Maori Studies perspective. It employs Maori cultural concepts such as whiinau (family), whakapapa (genealogy) and whenua (land) to give a perspective of the Court from a Maori worldview. The thesis therefore contains a lot of biographical material to show that the Court was a social institution that was linked to Maori and their historical and contemporary relationships to the land as well as the history of New Zealand.
Date:
2010-08-21
Advisor:
Reilly, Michael; Brooking, Tom
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Discipline:
Te Tumu: School of Maori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies
Publisher:
University of Otago
Research Type:
Thesis
Languages:
English