by Danny Keenan | Jul 18, 2019 | Politics of the 19th Century
The Māori Population When Pākehā first arrived in New Zealand, the Māori population by some estimates stood at about 90,000 people, spread all over Aotearoa though most lived near the coast. By the time the war at Waitara began in 1860, the Māori population had fallen...
by Danny Keenan | Dec 28, 2018 | Histories of Māori
The 1990 Sesquentenary year was also a good year for the writing of histories. In 1990, for example, the Australian government presented $1 million to establish a South Pacific oral history archive as a sesquentennial gift. The first volume of the Dictionary of New...
by Danny Keenan | Dec 28, 2018 | Flying the Fern
Throughout the 1990s, claims continued to be filed with the Waitangi Tribunal at a hectic pace with Māori continuing to place confidence in the Tribunal, especially with Jurist Eddie Durie appointed as Chairman of a much-expanded Tribunal membership. One issue...
by Danny Keenan | Oct 24, 2018 | Campaigns
Where King Tawhiao carried a ‘terrible burden’ for all Māori New Zealand’s Land Wars were lost by Māori in the Waikato, in 1863. Here is an extract from an essay Danny Keenan published in 2001, arguing that, for Māori, the critical battle was...
by Danny Keenan | Sep 15, 2018 | Consequences
The Māori Population When Pākehā first arrived in New Zealand, the Māori population by some estimates stood at about 90,000 people, spread all over Aotearoa though most lived near the coast. By the time the war at Waitara began in 1860, the Māori population had fallen...
