E74 Dr Malcolm Patterson - EIC - Ngāti Whātua Orākei [pdf, 2 MB]
...individualisation of title by the Native Land Court disinherited many tribal members who were not named on land titles, and encouraged the fractionation and piecemeal sale of tribal estates. This was exacerbated by Crown acquisition of land through legislation such as the Public Works Act. The effect of this can be seen using Ngāti Whātua of Tāmaki as an example. From the isthmus-wide rohe shown in the map of the time of ‘whenua rangatira’, land in Ngāti Whātua 2278 titl...