Rangahaua Whanui National Overview volume 3 [pdf, 2.5 MB]
...of Crown grants, that the final determination of title was often only an approximation of the original agreement. None the less it was, in most cases, Bell’s decisions that were enforced by the Crown. Reworking Bell’s decisions from the original files, Dr Barry Rigby with other Tribunal researchers have been able more accurately to estimate the extent of Maori land alienation through this process, particularly in some important sub-regions within the Auckland district. In total in the Auc...