A separate authority (He Mana Motuhake)

"Tūhoe mana motuhake vs the force of New Zealand colonialism. This is a patient and perceptive work unraveling stratagems of contrasting ambition so we may comprehend the cultural instincts of 1890-1920 Aotearoa. Dr. Webster proves his deep understanding of kinship dynamics, hapū politics and the Tūhoe passion for autonomy." --Tāmati Kruger, Representative in the Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua, New Zealand The resistance of the Tūhoe Māori of New Zealand to colonisation began more than century before the final return of their sanctuary in the Urewera mountains by the Crown in 2014. In Volume I of A Separate Authority (He Mana Motuhake), Steven Webster provides an ethnohistorical reconstruction of the establishment in New Zealand of a rare case of Maori home-rule over their traditional domain, backed by a special statute and investigated by a Crown commission, the majority of whom were Tūhoe leaders. This relatively benevolent colonial policy enabled the Tūhoe to control the establishment of their vast Native Reserve in a way that entrenched their social organisation, particularly their traditional deployment of kin-based power, while at once manipulating the power of the Crown to their joint advantage from 1894 to 1908. In Volume II, Webster documents how this same form of resistance enabled the Tūhoe to withstand predatory Crown policies between 1908 and 1926, thereby retaining remnants of their ancestral sanctuary--which later became the basis upon which they won statutory control of the territory.

2 Manawarū: The 'Internal Boundary Dispute'

Intro -- Preface -- Getting to Know Ngāi Tūhoe -- Indigeneity in New Zealand -- Indigeneity and Tūhoetanga -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- A Note on Sources -- A Note on Translations From Māori -- Previous Publication -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1 A Brief Historical Overview -- 2 Ngāi Tūhoe and Te Urewera -- 3 Historical Background of the Urewera District Native Reserve -- 4 A Preview of the Following Chapters -- References -- Part I: Tūhoe Hapū and the Establishment of the Urewera District Native Reserve

Chapter 2: The Tūhoe Rohe Pōtae and the Urewera District Native Reserve Commission -- 1 The General Procedures and Findings of the Commission -- 2 The Legitimacy of the Commission Among Tūhoe -- References -- Chapter 3: Difficulties of the Commission Defining Urewera Blocks by Hapū -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Changes in Identification of Urewera Hapū, 1896-1907 -- 3 Procedural Precedents and Compromises in the Te Waipotiki Case -- 4 Establishing a System for Assignment of Relative Shares -- 5 The Resolution to Expedite Hearings and Merge Claims

6 The Aborted Plan for Radical Block Amalgamations -- References -- Chapter 4: The Tamaikoha Hapū…