Biggs, Bruce
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1921 - 2000
biographical statement
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce Biggs Rohe Pootae land case transcript.
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-C-36
Scope and Contents
A transcript made by Professor Bruce Biggs of portions of vols. 6 and 7 of W.G. Mair's Native Land Court Notebooks, 1883-91, concerning the Rohe Pootae case, a contest for ownership of a block of land in the King Country by five tribes. The hearings were conducted in Otorohanga and were notable for their orderly proceedings. Judge Mair was commended for his handling of the case. Professor Biggs has attempted some analysis, by hyphenation, of many of the place-...
Dates:
1986
Maori Land Court minutes [manuscript], 1888.
Collection
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 88/3
Scope and Contents
These minutes, written in Maori, record a sitting of the Native Land Court at Otorohanga in 1888, concerning the land of Te Oro. They cover claimants' speeches and cross-examination, but not the complete case. Writer unknown.
Dates:
1888 - 1888
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- Subject: Maori (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure X
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- Ahi kā 1
- King Country (N.Z.) -- History 1
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- New Zealand 1
- Maori (New Zealand people) -- Claims -- History -- Sources 1
- Maori (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure 1
- Maori (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure -- History -- Sources 1
- Names, Geographical -- Maori 1
- Names, Geographical -- New Zealand -- King Country 1
- Nga¯ti Hikairo (New Zealand people : Nga¯ti Tu¯wharetoa ki Tongariro) -- Land tenure 1
- Nga¯ti Maniapoto (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure 1
- Nga¯ti Raukawa (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure 1
- Nga¯ti Tama (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure 1
- Nga¯ti Tu¯wharetoa (New Zealand people) -- Land tenure 1
- Otorohanga (N.Z.) -- Claims -- Sources 1
- Rauemi matua 1
- Ture o te Kāwanatanga 1
- Ture whenua 1
- Whenua tautohetohe 1 + ∧ less
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