Māori customary law - a bibliography

This bibliography is a small sample of materials held in the University of Waikato Library that provide information on customary law and legal issues concerning Māori. Use the Library Catalogue to search for other sources. All material is held in the Law Library unless otherwise stated.

Criminal justice

• Hill, Richard S. Introducing policing into the Rangatiratanga discourse : an historical overview of the role of Māori police personnel (Wellington, NZ: Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 2003) [KUQ716.7.A15R36 no.1, NZ Collection]
• Jackson, Moana. The Māori and the criminal justice system: a new perspective = he whaipaanga hou (Wellington: Dept. of Justice, 1988). [HV7181.N411 no18, Pts 1 & 2]
• Williams, Charlotte. The 'too-hard basket' : Māori and criminal justice since 1980 (Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001). [HV7215.5.W53]

Culture

• Barlow, Cleve. Tikanga whakaaro: key concepts in Māori culture (Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1991). [GN667.5.B37, NZ Collection]
• Best, E. "Notes on the custom of rāhui", Journal of the Polynesian Society, 13 (1904), 83-88 [GN2.P783 Central Library Journals Office, Level 1]
• Cleave, P. "Introduction to Rangahau : Wahi Rangahau; places of inquiry", He Tuhinga Aronui : the Journal of Māori Writings,4 no. 1 (May 2000), 14-45 [DU412.T915 Central Library Journals, Level 1] - introduces the concept of Rangahau as a corpus of indigenous protocols and/or prescriptions, that function as aids in the process of inquiry. Considers the implications and application of the concept for research by, and of, Māori.
• Duckworth, Kate "Who owns the Ka Mate Haka? The protection of Maori intellectual property in Aotearoa/New Zealand", New Zealand Students' Law Journa1 2002, 101 [K14.N531]
• Ministry of Justice. A glimpse into the Māori world : Māori perspectives on justice = He hīnātore ki te ao Māori (Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Justice, 2001). [KUQ354.G55 2001]; also available online.
• Stokes, E The legacy of Ngātoroirangi : Māori customary use of geothermal resources (Hamilton, NZ: Department of Geography, University of Waikato, 2000). [GN667.5.S873 2000, NZ Collection]

Customary law

• Harvey, L. "The nature of ancestral, customary and historical interests", Pu Kaea, May 1999, 8-9 [DU424.N43P987, Central Library Journals, Level 1]
• New Zealand Law Commission Māori custom and values in New Zealand law (Wellington, NZ: Law Commission, 2001).[KUQ354.M28 2001]; also available online
• Pohatu, H.. "Nga tohutohu o oku matua tipuna", He Tuhinga Aronui : the Journal of Māori Writings, 2 (1998), 84-90 [DU412.T915, Central Library Journals, Level 1]  - discusses the application of Māori customary practices at various times in the 20th century, with emphasis on Ngati Porou.
• Tohe, P, "Māori jurisprudence: the neglect of tapu" (1998) 8 Auckland U L Rev 884 [K1.A898]

Fisheries

• Dewes, W. "Fisheries - a case study of an outcome" (1995) 25 VUWLR 219 [K12.L418]
• McHugh, P, "The Legal Status of Māori Fishing Rights in Tidal Waters" (1984) 14 VUWLR 247 [K12.L418]
• Māori fisheries case : decision on preliminary question remitted by Privy Council ( Auckland, NZ: Auckland High Court, 1998) [KUQ1004.A58P37]

Foreshore and seabed

• Boast, Richard "Māori proprietary claims to the foreshore and seabed after Ngati Apa" (2004) 21 NZULR 1
• Brookfield, F.M. " Māori customary title to foreshore and seabed" [2003] NZLJ 295
• Epstein, Richard Allen. The foreshore and seabed (Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Business Roundtable, 2005) [KUQ716.7 .E67]
• The foreshore and seabed : New Zealand Law Society Seminar, presenters, Richard Boast, Paul McHugh (Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Law Society, 2004) [KUQ716.7 .A67B623]
• Haughey, E J, "Māori Claims to Lakes, River Beds and the Foreshore" (1966) 2 NZULR 29 [K14.N532]
• Report on the Crown's foreshore and seabed policy : Waitangi Tribunal report 2004 (Wai 1071) (Wellington, NZ: Legislation Direct, 2004) [KUQ716.7 .A15W144 no.1071];  also available online

Land

• Acheson, F.O. V. The ancient Māori system of land tenures (some few aspects of): being a thesis written for the Jacob Joseph Scholarship, Victoria University College. 1913. [HD1120.5.A62 1913 NZC]
• Asher, G. Māori land. (Wellington: New Zealand Planning Council, 1987) [HC661.A1N575 no.29, NZ Collection]
• Boast, Richard. Māori land law, 2nd ed. (Wellington, NZ : LexisNexis, 2004) [KUQ2565.M36]
• McHugh, P. The fragmentation of Māori Land (Auckland, NZ: Legal Research Foundation, 1980) [KUQ74.L441 no.18]
• Clarke, N. Mataitai, te hokinga mai (MA Thesis, University of Waikato, 1995) [DU436.A8C56 1995 Storage, Archival Theses] Not for loan. Item can be requested via the Library Catalogue
• Customary Māori land and sea tenure = Ngā tikanga tiaki taonga ō neherā (Wellington: Nga Kairangahau, Manatu Māori, 1991) [HD1120.5.Z7C87 1991]
• Kawharu, I.H. Māori land tenure (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977) [KUQ354.K3 1977]
• Simes, C. "De facto rights and Māori land" [1999] NZLJ 361 [KUQ6.N56] - exposes the restrictions on testator freedom in Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
• Smith, Norman. Native custom and law affecting native land (Wellington: Māori Purposes Fund Board, 1942) [HD1052.S6, NZ Collection]
• Stokes, E. British law, Māori custom law and land tenure in the nineteenth century New Zealand. (Paper presented at the tenth International Conference of Historical Geographers, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, July 1993) [LG741.5.W3R4 no.5439, Central Library Issue Desk]
• Stokes, E. Māori Customary Tenure of Land (Hamilton: University of Waikato, Department of Geography, 1997) [KUQ716.7.S76 1997]
  

Māori Rights

• Determining representation rights under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993: an advisory report for Te Puni Kokiri (Wellington: Law Commission, 2001) [KUQ716.7.D48 2001]
• Graham, D. The legal reality of customary rights for Māori (Wellington: Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001) [KUQ716.7.A15O15 no.6]
• Kelsey, Jane. "Decolonization in the 'first world' : indigenous peoples' struggles for justice and self determination : a discussion of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Bill of Rights" 5 (1985) Windsor Y.B. Access Just. 102. [K27.W766]
• Kilgour, Jonathan Timatanga. Rights reductionism, Māori rights and the New Zealand common law : an essay on cultural oppression (LL.M Thesis, University of Waikato, 2000) [KUQ354.K55 2000 Storage, Archival Theses] Not for loan. Item can be requested via the Library Catalogue

Resource management

• Barns, Mike. Resource management law reform: a Treaty based model, the principle of active protection (Wellington: Ministry for the Environment, 1988) [HC663.5.W927 no.27]
• Foreshore and Seabed Act, the RMA and aquaculture (Wellington, NZ: Continuing Legal Education Dept., New Zealand Law Society, 2005) [KUQ716.7 .A3 2004 .A95]
• Lancaster, K. Managing consultation : a case study into experts' approaches to consultation with Tangata Whenua (M.SocSc Thesis, University of Waikato, 2000) [KUQ1509.L35 2000  Storage, Archival Theses] Not for loan. Item can be requested via the Library Catalogue
• Kawharu, Merata (ed.). Whenua : managing our resources (Auckland, NZ: Reed, 2002) [KUQ1509.W44]

Treaty of Waitangi

• Durie, Edward Taihakurei Junior. Understanding the Treaty: Judge Durie's speech to the New Zealand Law Society, April 1989 (Wellington NZ: Trade Union Education Authority, 1989) [DU418.2.D962, NZ Collection]
• McHugh, P. The aboriginal rights of the New Zealand Māori at common law (Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Press, 1987) [KUQ354.M15 1987]
• McHugh, P. The Māori Magna Carta: New Zealand law and the Treaty of Waitangi (Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1991) [DU418.2.M151]
• Paul, G. Te Runanganui o te Ika Whenua: an empowerment case study (M.Soc.Sc Thesis, University of Waikato, 1996) [KUQ716.7.P39 1996 Storage, Archival Theses] Not for loan. Item can be requested via the Library Catalogue

Waitangi Tribunal

• Brownlie, Ian. Treaties and indigenous peoples (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992) [DU418.2.B76]
• Byrnes, Giselle. The Waitangi Tribunal and New Zealand history (Auckland, NZ: Oxford University Press, 2004) [KUQ716.7 .B97]
• Hayward, Janine and Wheen, Nicola R.(ed) The Waitangi Tribunal = Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi (Wellington, NZ: Bridget Williams Books, 2004) [KUQ716.7 .W345 2004] - "reviews the Tribunal's place in contemporary New Zealand, and takes a critical look at its role in reshaping Māori society and identity."