MLC - 150 years of the Māori Land Court [pdf, 11 MB]
...directives from the government with which he did not agree. On the other hand, he believed strongly in the independence of the Native Land Court and had a number of confrontations with politicians while serving as Chief Judge. Fenton was active in Auckland’s theatrical and musical scene, and was on one occasion seen doing a haka in public along with a number of Rotorua Māori chiefs following the successful auction of Māori land leases at Rotorua in 1880. Fenton retired from the be...