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Author:

Williams, David V. (David Vernon) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99280281

Title:

A simple nullity? : the Wi Parata case in New Zealand law and history / David V. Williams.

Publisher:

Auckland University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Subject:

Treaty of Waitangi--(1840 February 6)
Maori (New Zealand people)--History--History--19th century.
Parata, Wiremu--Trials, litigation, etc.
Hadfield, Octavius,--1814-1904--Trials, litigation, etc.
Maori (New Zealand people)--Law and legislation.--Law and legislation.
Ngāti Toa (New Zealand people)--Land tenure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-273) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Contemporary comments The arrival of Christianity on the Kapiti coast -- An 'exemplary haven' in a troubled land -- A fraud on the donors? -- A gift or a grant? -- Why did the Church cling to the gifted land? -- 'Because of what I heard said at Kohimarama' -- In the Supreme Court at Wellington -- The long (and continuing) aftermath -- Revisionist legal history -- Contemporary comments

ISBN:

186940484X
9781869404840

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709581625

LCCN:

2011431121

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)