Land Tenure in the Cook Islands
Contents
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- Part One — The Pre-Contact Land Tenure System of Rarotonga
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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
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Chapter 2 — Historical Background - c. 875 to 1823 A.D p. 12
- Part Two — The Impact of European Culture on Land Tenure, 1823–98
- Chapter 7 — Changes in the Distribution of Land and Land Rights
- New patterns of settlement p. 124
- The effects of social and demographic upheaval p. 133
- Foreign settlement p. 145
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Chapter 8 — The Form and Function of Introduced Laws p. 155
- The mission role p. 155
- The functioning of the laws p. 159
- Protection and federation: 1888–983 p. 165
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Chapter 9 — The New Role of Land p. 172
- The production of surpluses p. 172
- Changes in production patterns p. 175
- The leasing and lending of land p. 179
- The status of women p. 180
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Chapter 10 — The Establishment of the Land Court p. 190
- A shift in the balance of power p. 190
- Annexation and the creation of a Land Court p. 196
- The Court established p. 198
- Foreign settlement p. 200
- The act of 1915: preservation of custom p. 205
- Appeals and rehearings p. 209
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Chapter 11 — The Land Court in Action p. 211
- Determining ownership p. 211
- Title to village lands p. 217
- The progress of Court investigations p. 222
- Chapter 12 — Court Practice and Native Custom p. 225
- Chapter 13 — Tenure Reform and Productivity p. 247
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Chapter 14 — Recent Developments p. 272
- [section] p. 272
- The Occupation Rights scheme
- Later experiments p. 278
- New patterns of work organization p. 283
- Chapter 15 — Future Possibilities
- Chapter 7 — Changes in the Distribution of Land and Land Rights
- Appendices
- Part One — The Pre-Contact Land Tenure System of Rarotonga