Farming and Māori, New Zealand’s Indigenous People

David Hall ()

Chapter Chapter 22 in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, 2021, pp 339-354 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The chapter reviews relationships between New Zealand’s indigenous people, Māori, and farming. Before European colonisation, New Zealand was occupied by Māori with land used communally rather than owned individually. In 1840, ‘sovereignty’ passed to the UK through the Treaty of Waitangi with unclear consequences for Māori. A new court, the Native Land Court, impacted disastrously on Māori agriculture. In the 1920s, Government funded consolidating Māori land into economic farms. But only a small minority of Māori was supported. Later in the twentieth century Māori became increasingly urbanised and remained disadvantaged. The Waitangi Tribunal assessed Māori claims of Treaty breaches since 1840. Federated Farmers opposed the Waitangi Tribunal recommendation that privately owned farming land be returned to Māori. Eventually, Government purchased the farms at market value.

Keywords: Māori farming; New Zealand’s indigenous people; Treaty of Waitangi; Waitangi Tribunal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_22

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