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University of Wollongong

2016

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Te Arewhana Kei Roto I Te Ruma: An Indigenous Neo-Disputatio On Settler Society, Nullifying Te Tiriti, 'Natural Resources' And Our Collective Future In Aotearoa New Zealand, Hemopereki Simon Jan 2016

Te Arewhana Kei Roto I Te Ruma: An Indigenous Neo-Disputatio On Settler Society, Nullifying Te Tiriti, 'Natural Resources' And Our Collective Future In Aotearoa New Zealand, Hemopereki Simon

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

This practice-research based article explores the relationship between mana motuhake and white patriarchal sovereignty in Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on Ngāti Tūwharetoa as a case study. It seeks to find the relevance of Aboriginal academic Aileen Moreton-Robinson's white possessive doctrine to the Aotearoa New Zealand context. In particular, it highlights the racist nature of the law and planning systems and their inadequacies to provide for hapū and iwi. It provides a key theoretical analysis regarding the nature of white patriarchal sovereignty in Aotearoa and the need of the state to appear virtuous, to continue the legacy that started with the …


John Hawdon Of Elderslie In A Settler Society, Ian C. Willis Jan 2016

John Hawdon Of Elderslie In A Settler Society, Ian C. Willis

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

In 1929 Mrs Madeline Buck the granddaughter of an Elderslie pioneer James Hawdon published a series of his letters written in 1828 to friends in England. Hawdon had lived in the Elderslie area for five years from 1828. Hawdon's letters surfaced in England in 1929 amongst old family papers and have many interesting insights into life in the early days of the colony. At Elderslie Hawdon leased the Elderslie estate and supported four convicts, his wife Margaret and baby son. Alan Atkinson maintains that 'Hawdon apparently tried to keep up an English tone, with the slave driving Botany Bay element …