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The Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi
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Colonial Constitutions Colonial Constitutions
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Otago Registration Disputes Otago Registration Disputes
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Wellington Registration Disputes Wellington Registration Disputes
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Colonial and Imperial Politics: The Path to the Law Officers’ Opinion Colonial and Imperial Politics: The Path to the Law Officers’ Opinion
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Bibliography Bibliography
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9 “A Text for Every Agitator amongst the Natives”: Māori Property, Settler Politics, and the Māori Franchise in the 1850s
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Published:November 2014
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Abstract
Treaty making was a potentially powerful technique for structuring colonial relationships and authority. However, the constitutional revolutions of the 1840s and 1850s in British settlement colonies significantly altered the way governors, colonists, and indigenous peoples might construct and contest notions of political subjecthood. In New Zealand reference to the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) formed an important strand of certain Māori and Pakēhā political positions during this period, but disputes over Māori attempts to enroll to vote in early colonial elections illustrate the way a variety of discursive and political factors limited the resonance of treaty arguments. In particular, this chapter highlights the importance of the “householder” qualification for Māori enrollment and the debate about the assessment of housing material and living arrangements as indicators of “civilization” and civic capacity. These discursive strands were more apparent at the magistrates’ court level than in parliamentary or imperial administrative contexts.
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