Papers on the subject of the Taranaki Land Question
Production date
1839-1878
Description
A compilation of documents on Taranaki land purchases from Maori extracted from the Appendices to the Journals of the New Zealand House of Representatives (AJHR) 1860 - 1867. Taranaki portion of Maori deeds of land purchases in the North Island of New Zealand : (copied from the originals). Wellington : Govt. Printer, 1877-1878. A copy of a letter written by Mary E. Richmond 'Title to Waitara Lands'. Undated. Published letters from George St. George, Fred A. Carrington, regarding the sale of land at Waitara Township of Raleigh, 1867. Letters from Nepean Kenny, H. E. Kenny and Hone Pihama regarding disturbances at Waitara AJHR, 1878.
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1. Papers on the subject of the Taranaki Land Question. 1839-1859. Appendices to the Journals E-no.2 1860.
2. Photocopy. Maori deed of land purchases in the North Island of New Zealand (copied from the original) Province of Taranaki. Extract from Maori deeds of land purchases in the North Island of New Zealand : (copied from the originals). Wellington : Govt. Printer, 1877-1878.
3. Extract from a memorial forwarded to the Governor by a Taranaki Settler, 22nd February 1860. A petition from William Turner to Colonel Gore Brown regarding the purchase of land at Waitara.
(plus photocopy).
4. Hand written copy of a letter written by Mary E. Richmond 'Title to Waitara Lands'. Undated. Plus transcript.
5. Handwritten notes on the earliest European contact with the Maori at Waitara. Author unidentified.
6. Extracts from the AJHR 1863 E. no.2
Memorandum by His Ecellency stating reasons for abandoning Waitara Purchase. April 1863
Despatch from his Excellency Sir George Grey to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle. August 1863.
7. Published letter from George St. George regarding the sale of land at Waitara Township of Raleigh, 1867.
8. Published letter from Fred A. Carrington and E. J. Sartoris regarding the sale of a large proportion of the Waitara township, Town of Raleigh. November 1867
9. Extract from the AJHR 1878 G.-9. Letter from Nepean Kenny reporting on the arrest and release of certain Waikato Maoris at Waitara. July 1878.
10. Extract from the AJHR 1878 G.-9. Letter from H. E. Kenny and Hone Pihama reporting on the recent disturbance at Waitara. July 1878.
11. Statement relative to the purchase by the British Government of Te Teira's land at Waitara, Taranaki. An extract from the Taranaki Herald, 12 March 1859.
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