Tenure and Estates in Land 1992
New Zealand Law Commission
Discussion Paper June 1992

Bill: Claims to Grants of Land in New Zealand 1839
Page 39-40 Extracts from A letter of instructions from John Ward, Esquire, Secretary to the New Zealand Land Company, To Colonel W. Wakefeild,
Dated 14th November, 1839

Bill for Local Government 1838
Rev Samual Hinds
Report to the House of Lords 1838

Busby Admits He Whakaputanga was drawn up by himself
Gazette 22 August 1840

Alteration of the Term Native to Maori 1947
Maori Purposes Act 1947 Part 1 sec 2 (1) and (2)
all references to a Native in any Act...

Native Rights Act 1865
Declare Maori's British Subjects
their status as British subjects was confirmed...

Journal of History - 2 Treaty of Waitangi
Text of an agreement to which 32 names.....

Law and Law Enforcement on the New Zealand Frontier 1840-1893
22 Page Article

New Zealand Whakapapa Search Resource of Maori land court minutes - All districts. Location of microfich reels are stored in a designated room at the Auckland University Library.
Search the name of your (Ancestor) predecessor here

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