Story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state

More links and websites

• Māori land legislation timeline

  A timeline of legislation relating to Māori land ownership and sales.

• Origins of the Māori seats

  This research paper on the New Zealand Parliament website contains a thorough exploration of the origins.

• Waitangi Tribunal – Kawharu translation

  A modern translation by Hugh Kawharu of the Māori text of the treaty of Waitangi.

More suggestions and sources

• Cox, Lindsay. Kotahitanga: the search for Maori political unity. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1993.
• Kawharu, I. H., ed. Waitangi: Maori and Pakeha perspectives of the Treaty of Waitangi. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1989.
• Ward, Alan. A show of justice: racial ‘amalgamation’ in nineteenth century New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1995.