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Whenua raupatu

 Subject
Subject Source: Reo
Scope Note: Traditional usage: land in dispute. Contemporary usage: iwi/tribal lands confiscated by the government after the land wars. Used to describe content in the Waitangi Tribunal reports, Raupatu Bank Documents collection, Māori land law, Māori land history, New Zealand land law.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Baron Charles De Thierry letters.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 89/4
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1879 - 1925

Maori land Court minute books.

 Collection
Identifier: Microfilm-201/287-1300/1467
Scope and Contents

Minutes of evidence and judgments given at sittings of the Court throughout New Zealand. Includes many whakapapa.

Dates: 1865 - 1900

Maori Land Court minute books.

 Collection
Identifier: Microfilm-78-263
Scope and Contents

Minute books of Maori Land Court proceedings at Maketu, 1867-1871 and 1871-1878

Dates: 1867 - 1878

Sir Keith Sinclair collection relating to the Waitara land dispute of 1860.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-305
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1860 - 1861