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Letters concerning Maori land. Two folders of photocopied letters. All material is handwritten. Almost all are in Maori and a few in English.

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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.

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Collection includes plan of Pekapeka Block, 1860, and sketches showing ownership of various portions. Accompanying notes include translations of Maori language inscriptions on the sketches.

Scope and Contents Photocopied typescript with handwritten annotations. The following description of the typescript is taken from correspondence between the author, lawyer N.D. Ferguson and Professor Keith Sorrenson of the Department of History at the time that the item was donated to the Library.The account is in two parts, the first starts in 1919 with the first approach to the [Maori] owners by the crown and ends in 1951 when the crown having obtained by purchase about 95%...

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New Zealand Native Land Court hearing in Otorohanga of Waikato tribes and Maori King family, before Judge W.G. Mair and P. Mikorima, concerning the Pohuru Block. An unofficial Maori transcript of the proceedings, including fifteen pages of whakapapa.