CHAPTER THREE: EXTENSION OF GOVERNMENT

CONTROL OVER GOLD FIELD LANDS, 1865-1870

135

The Adjustment of the Coromandel Agreement, 1865

135

The Opening of Thames, 1867-1868

138

The Terms of Thames Gold Field Cession,

143

The Implications of Gold Field Cession at Thames ..

Thames Foreshore   ..

156

Maori Dissatisfaction with Gold Field Agreements ..

165

Problems in Administration of Gold Field Agreements, 1869-1879

167

172

CHAPTER FOUR: POLICY, LEGISLATION,

AND LAND PURCHASE, 1865-1880

175

The General Impact of the Native Land Court   ..

175

The Native Land Act 1873

184

Hauraki Complaint Regarding the Native Land Court ..

186

The New Native and Public Works Policy , 1869-1873

188

Pressure on Ohinemuri, 1868-1869

194

The Conduct of Crown Purchases in the 1870s

199

204

Purchase of the Foreshore, 1870-1872

208

Finalisation of First Government Purchases in Piako, 1872   ..

212

Further Extensions of the Gold Field by Purchase, 1870-1875

215

The Breaking Down of Ngati Tamatera Land Holding ..

218

The Cession of the Ohinemuri Gold Field, 1875

226

Protest at Cession of Ohinemuri..................................................

228

Crown Purchase of the Freehold of the Ceded Gold Field Blocks ..

232

The Timber Leases ..

240

The Tairua Investigation Committee ..

242

Changes in the Administration of Land Purchase Policy   ..

246

Finalisation of Crown Purchase at Waikawau and Moehau

247

Purchase at Te Aroha, 1877

249

Conflict at Waihou

253

The Loss of Freehold at Ohinemuri, 1877-1882

261

Extensions of the Gold Field at Pakirarahi and Te Aroha

272

Impact of Development on Rivers   ..

274

Summary ..

279

CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION ..

28I

Early Crown Dealings in Hauraki: the Old Land Claims Commission ..

282

Initial Understandings Regarding Mineral Ownership: the Significance of the

1852 Negotiations   ..................................

283

Crown Purchases, 1853-1865.........................................................

286

The Revision and Extension of the Coromandel Gold Field Agreements, 1861–1862

288

The Consequences of War Policy for the Hauraki People ..

290

The Gold Field Cessions,

Loss of Foreshore ..