Maori (New Zealand people) -- Fishing

Scope and Contents Evidence presented at hearings to determine appropriate allocation of Maori fishing assets by Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission collated by anthropolgist Dr Steve Webster, who also presented evidence at the hearings. The hearings held in the New Zealand High Court were to determine two questions: whether allocation of assets prior to the 1992 Deed of Settlement over Maori fisheries (the "Sealords deal") must be exclusively to iwi, and secondly, is "iwi" taken to mean...