Waitangi Tribunal theme A - Old land claims [pdf, 7.2 MB]
...claimant pressure for making extensive grants. A New South Wales-appointed commission, he hoped, would avoid 'the dangers of the acquisition of large tracts of country by mere land-jobbers'. I7 None the less, N ormanby also urged Hobson to pay careful attention to the vexed question of land claims. In keeping with this, Hobson met with Sydney-based claimants before departing for New Zealand. He told them that the Crown 'would not acknowledge excessive claims' or inequi...