Contents & Figures

Abbreviations iv

Preface v

Introduction 6

Figure 1 9

Chapter 1 The Purchase of the Katikati-Te Puna Block 10

1.1 Introduction 10

1.2 The Crown’s acquisition of land at Katikati and Te Puna 10

1.3 Concluding comments 23

Chapter 2 The Allocation of Reserves within the Katikati-Te Puna Block 24

2.1 Introduction 24

2.2 Legislation: general comments 24

2.3 Allocating the reserves 27

2.3 Concluding comments 33

Figure 2 From Stokes, The Allocation of Reserves, vol. 1, p. 51 34

Figure 3 From Stokes, The Allocation of Reserves, vol. 1, p. 195 35

Chapter 3 The Sale of Reserves, 1868 to the Early 1870s 36

3.1 Introduction 36

3.2 Tauranga: 1866 to the early 1870s 37

3.3 Early sales: motives for buying and selling reserves 41

3.4 Richard Gill’s career 47

3.5 Concluding comments 50

Figure 4 52

Chapter 4 Disputes over Land Sales at Rereatukahia 53

4.1 Introduction 53

4.2 The succession case: general background 54