A Long Time Coming: The Story of Ngai Tahu's Treaty Settlement Negotiations with the Crown

by Martin Fisher

The Ngai Tahu settlement, like all other Treaty of Waitangi settlements in Aotearoa New Zealand, was more a product of political compromise and expediency than measured justice. The Ngai Tahu claim, Te Kereme, spanned two centuries, from the first letter of protest to the Crown in 1849 to the final hearing by the Waitangi Tribunal between 1987 and 1989, and then the settlement in 1998. The intense negotiations between the two parties, Ngai Tahu and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1988503116
• ISBN13: 9781988503110
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Canterbury University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"