Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements and list of abbreviations -- A note on the entries -- Reflections on the Treaty: An Introduction -- 1. Towards a Treaty -- 1.1 Early Māori and Pākehā encounters -- 1.2 Whalers, sealers and traders -- 1.3 Māori travellers -- 1.4 Missionaries and Māori -- 1.5 Forging stronger links with the British -- 1.6 Background to the Treaty -- 1.7 Treaty texts -- 1.8 Signing the Treaty -- 2. First Steps -- 2.1 Early perceptions of the Treaty -- 2.2 The Wairau conflict -- 2.3 The Northern War -- 2.4 Early conflicts to the south and the arrest of Te Rauparaha -- 2.5 The wastelands instructions -- 2.6 Purchasing Māori lands -- 3. The Seeds of Conflict -- 3.1 New Zealand Constitution Act and settler self-government -- 3.2 The Māori economy -- 3.3 Māori-Pākehā relations -- 3.4 The emergence of the Kīngitanga movement -- 3.5 The Waitara purchase -- 3.6 Kohimarama conference -- 3.7 The rūnanga system -- 4. The New Zealand Wars -- 4.1 The Taranaki War -- 4.2 The invasion of Waikato -- 4.3 Confiscating Māori lands -- 4.4 Pai Mārire -- 4.5 Te Kooti and Titokowaru -- 4.6 'Loyalist' responses -- 5. Māori and Pākehā After the Wars -- 5.1 The Native Land Court -- 5.2 Land dealings -- 5.3 Repudiation and other Māori responses -- 5.4 Te Whiti and the invasion of Parihaka -- 5.5 'Opening up' the King Country -- 5.6 King Tawhiao's 1884 visit to London -- 5.7 Māori committees -- 5.8 Māori Parliament -- 5.9 Māori women's movements -- 5.10 The Māori MPs -- 5.11 Native Schools -- 5.12 Māori and the Liberals before 1900 -- 5.13 Māori and Pākehā relations -- 6. A New Century -- 6.1 'Taihoa' and its rollback -- 6.2 Maori Councils Act and the Young Māori Party -- 6.3 The Pioneer Māori Battalion -- 6.4 The Ratana faith -- 6.5 Ngata and land development -- 6.6 The return to Waitangi -- 7. Urbanisation and Assimilation.

7.1 Centennial celebrations -- 7.2 28 Māori Battalion -- 7.3 Settling grievances -- 7.4 Urbanisation and the 'colour bar' -- 7.5 The Hunn Report and its aftermath -- 7.6 The re-emergence of Māori protest -- 8. Maori Renaissance? -- 8.1 Ngā Tamatoa and other movements -- 8.2 The 'haka party' incident -- 8.3 Waitangi Day / New Zealand Day: a day off or a rip-off? -- 8.4 The 1975 Māori land march -- 8.5 Birth of the Waitangi Tribunal -- 8.6 Takaparawha/Bastion Point -- 8.7 Raglan Golf Course -- 8.8 1981 Springbok tour -- 8.9 The revival of te reo Māori -- 9. Upheaval and Reform -- 9.1 Mana motuhake and Māori sovereignty -- 9.2 Treaty of Waitangi Act 1985 and the Waitangi Tribunal -- 9.3 The State-Owned Enterprises cases -- 9.4 The Treaty backlash and Pākehā Treaty advocates -- 9.5 The Waitangi Tribunal and the 'h' word -- 9.6 The sesquicentenary celebrations -- 10. A New Millennium -- 10.1 Closing the gaps? -- 10.2 Orewa and its aftermath -- 10.3 Being Pākehā or becoming indigenous? -- 10.4 The past before us: walking into a Treaty future -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Plates.