The Ngāi Tahu deeds : a window on New Zealand history / Harry C. Evison.

Facsimiles on lining papers.

Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.

List of illustrations and maps -- Abbreviations -- Notes on written Maori language -- 1. Ngai Tabu before 1840 -- 2. Maori Land Rights, the Treaty of Waitangi and the Wakefield scheme -- 3. The Otago Deed -- 4. Governor Grey and the Wairau Purchase -- 5. Kemp's Deed -- 6. Walter Mantell and the completion' of Kemp's Purchase -- 7. The Port Cooper Deed -- 8. The Port Levy Deed -- 9. The Murihiku Purchase -- 10. Governor Grey's record in South Island Maori affairs, 1845-53 -- 11. The Akaroa Deed -- 12. The North Canterbury Deed -- 13. The Kaikoura Deed -- 14. The Arahura Deed -- 15. The Rakiura Deed -- 16. After the Deeds -- Appendix. The Treaty of Waitangi.

Re-examines New Zealand colonial history in the light of a number of original documents, particularly the ten Ngai Tahu deeds by which the Crown acquired Maori title to the southern half of New Zealand from 1844 to 1864. A unique feature of the book is its handsome colour reproductions of these deeds and their plans, published here for the first time.

English with some Māori.