Land Tenure in the Cook Islands
Part One — The Pre-Contact Land Tenure System of Rarotonga
Contents
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Chapter 2 — Historical Background - c. 875 to 1823 A.D
p. 12
- [section] p. 12
- Early settlement p. 13
- Takitumu: the tribe of Tangiia p. 17
- Karika's tribe: Te Au o Tonga or Avarua p. 20
- Arorangi: the tribe that broke away p. 26
- Relations between the tribes p. 27
- Chapter 3 — Social Organization
- [section] p. 31
- The tribe (vaka)
- The major lineage (ngati) p. 35
- The minor lineage (ngati) p. 40
- The extended family (uanga) p. 42
- The nuclear family (puna) and the young unmarrieds (mapu)
- The commoner (unga or tangata rikiriki)
- Demographic composition p. 45
- Specialists p. 47
- Marriage p. 48
- Transmission of titles p. 51
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Chapter 4 — The Distribution of Rights to Land
p. 60
- [section] p. 60
- The role of the titleholder p. 61
- Rights of the tribe p. 64
- Rights of the lineage p. 66
- Rights of the extended family p. 71
- Rights of the individual p. 73
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Chapter 5 — The Acquisition and Loss of Rights to Land
p. 84
- [section] p. 84
- By discovery and settlement
- By conquest p. 85
- By allocation and occupation within the landholding group p. 88
- By inheritance p. 89
- By reversion p. 92
- By marriage p. 93
- By gift and permissive occupation p. 96
- By adoption2 p. 98
- The pattern of acquisition p. 102
- The loss of rights to land p. 104
- Chapter 6 — The Utilization and Role of Land in Rarotonga p. 107