Waitangi Tribunal theme A - Old land claims [pdf, 7.2 MB]
...the sordid purpose of making out that the natives possessed and could convey to them a freehold tenure in theit: land. It can be of no advantage to the native race of New Zealand that we should compliment them by misunderstanding their social state. 101 Buller's rejection of Clarke's approach, and the minimal resources available to colonial officials to either define Maori interests or assist commissioners, 98. Clarke to Colonial Secretary, I June 1843, encl in FitzRoy to Stan...