Waitangi Tribunal - Part 2 The alienation of Māori land in Rohe Potae [pdf, 5.9 MB]
...parts ofRangitoto Tuhua. The commission report explained that in every step of this process of subdivision, the Court had to progressively ascertain tribal, hapu, family and then individual interests. Necessary delays were required to dispose of appeals, or allow title to mature, or have surveys made before further subdivision could take place. At each stage further partitions might be required to recover, in land, costs associated with litigation and surveys. The Court focus for this...