Essay from the 4essays.com site which has free termpapers and essays; has details of the land disputes between the Maori and the European settlers of New Zealand beginning from the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840

Article by Te Ahu; has sections on The Seeds of Contemporary Maori Activism 1967-75; Brown Paper; Maori Land Rights Movement 1975-1984; The New Right and Cultural Nationalism from 1984; Maori Liberation and the Politics of Identity

Maori woman leader; famous especially for leading a march in 1975 from Te Hapua in the north to Parliament in Wellington, to dramatise Maori determination to retain their land and culture; she was 80 years old at the time

Nga Puhi leader, trader and military campaigner (1772-1828)

Lists violations from 1840 to 1990

History of the great Maori warrior Te Rauparaha, chief of the Ngati-Toa tribe, born around 1768, died 1849

Declaration of independence made by Maori tribes in 1835; forerunner to the Treaty of Waitangi; declared independence from New Zealand, calling it the United Tribes of New Zealand

Web site on the history of the Maori; part of the New Zealand in History web site; sections: brief pre-history, early settlement, Maori culture, sports & games, important dates in Maori history, Maori-English glossary etc; site by Robbie Whitmore

Gives details of the Musket Wars, fought between northern tribes of Ngapuhi and their rivals the Ngati Whatua

Traces the history of the Treaty of Waitangi, from the time the New Zealand Company was formed in 1837 to buy land in New Zealand to the present; has texts of the treaty in both English & Maori; also has sections on warfare, land wars etc