This site, prepared by the Waitangi Tribunal for
school children, provides a clear summary of events
concerning the Ngāti Whātua land at Ōrākei.
More suggestions and sources
Barr, John. The city of Auckland, New
Zealand, 1840–1920. Preceded by A Maori history of
the Auckland isthmus by George Graham.
Christchurch: Capper, 1985 (originally published
1922).
Simmons, D. R. Maori Auckland.
Auckland: Bush, 1987.
Smith, S. Percy. The peopling of the
north. Christchurch: Kiwi, 1998 (originally
published 1897).
Waitangi Tribunal. Report of the Waitangi
Tribunal on the Orakei claim. Wai 9.
Wellington: Waitangi Tribunal, 1987.