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Following on from Volume I on the formation of the Urewera District Native Reserve, this monograph examines the period from 1908 to 1926, during which time the Crown subverted Tūhoe control of the UDNR, established a mere decade earlier. While Volume I described how the Tūhoe were able to deploy kin-based power to manipulate Crown power as well as confront one another, this volume describes ways in which the same ancestral descent groups closed ranks to survive nearly two decades of predatory Crown policies determined to dismantle their sanctuary. A relentless Crown campaign to purchase individual Tūhoe land shares ultimately resulted in a misleading Crown scheme to consolidate and relocate Tūhoe  land shares, thereby freeing up land for the settlement of non- Tūhoe  farmers. By the 1950s, over 200 small Tūhoe blocks were scattered throughout one of the largest National Parks in New Zealand. Although greatly weakened by these policies in terms of kinship solidarity as well as land and other resources, Tūhoe resistance continued until the return of the entire park in 2014—with unreserved apologies and promises of future support.    In both volumes of A Separate Authority (He Mana  Motuhake), Webster takes the stance of an ethnohistorian: he not only examines the various ways control over the Urewera District Native Reserve (UDNR) was negotiated, subverted or betrayed, and renegotiated during this time period, but also focuses on the role of Māori hapū, ancestral descent groups and their leaders, including the political economic influence of extensive marriage alliances between them. The ethnohistorical approach developed here may be useful to other studies of governance, indigenous resistance, and reform, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere.

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Author:   Steven Webster
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9783030410483

ISBN 10:   303041048
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   08 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction.- 1. Introduction.- Part II The Tūhoe Sanctuary and the Crown Purchasing Campaign.- 2. The Tamaikoha Descent Group in the Crown Purchasing Campaign.- 3. The Purchasing Strategy and Tūhoe Resistance.- Part III The Tūhoe Sanctuary and the Urewera Consolidation Scheme.- 4. Proposals for the Urewera Consolidation Scheme and Rising Tūhoe Resistance.- 5. Negotiations at Tauarau and the Urgency of Legislation.- Part IV Closing or Breaking Ranks in the Face of Crown Power.- 6. The Crown's Retreat in the Lower Basins.- 7. The Crown's Covert Tactics: Piecemeal Deductions and Continuing Purchases.- 8. The Apitihana Movement Faces the Crown.- 9. The Ōhāua Te Rangi hapū Cluster and the Apitihana.- Part V Conclusion.-10. Conclusion.

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Steven Webster, PhD, is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he taught Social Anthropology and Māori Studies before his retirement. Since the 1980s, he has been closely involved in issues of Māori land, Māori history, ethnic politics, and political economy in New Zealand.

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