Pursuing tribally based autonomy in the Urewera - State Authority, Indigenous Autonomy: Crown-Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa 1900-1950

Content Partner: Victoria University of Wellington. Maori had before them a model other than that of the local government and land institutions: the one-off tribal deal between the Crown and the Urewera people. But its statute-based 'self-government' regime, within a revealingly titled 'reserve', was firmly and increasingly under Crown tutelage. While title of tribal lands could be divided up hap...