Latitude and azimuth determination were crucial for Polynesian navigators, supplemented by techniques such as observations of swells, birds and expanded landfalls. Longitude could only be determined by dead reckoning. ...

Land agreements negotiated between British authorities and indigenous groups were part and parcel of colonial expansion. Although current interpretations of the historical agreements which formed the basis for European ...

This article begins by contextualizing Māori Freehold Land (MFL) within a wider global debate on communal land that is in transition to more individualised forms of tenure. A comparison is made between Ngai Tahu MFL and ...

This paper assesses New Zealand’s system of electronic record-keeping (Landonline) in the light of recent technologies and data-processing capabilities. A prototype cadastral survey dataset is put forward for the purpose ...

In developing Geomatics for Africa, communal land tenure must be among the most intractable of the issues faced. This paper seeks insights into likely communal land policy priorities in Southern Africa by contrasting issues ...

This paper argues that literature with a connection to identifiable locations provides an incentive for “collecting place” – in other words, being in and personally experiencing places that are the setting for literature. ...