Scheme established by Sir Apirana Ngata in 1929, which provided Government funding to Maori landowners to develop the physical infrastructure of their farms. This encouraged the amalgamation of land titles into single administrative structures. Specific local schemes were established in variuos parts of New Zealand in the early 1930s.
Māori Land Development Scheme
Tuhoe Meeting House
Date: 1934
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0018B
Description: Correspondence regarding the building of the Tuhoe Meeting House in Ruatoki including detailed lists of materials. contains letter from the Builder and contractor, R.J. Wills in regard to the Waitangi Treaty House and the Takitimu house in Wairoa. Language - English translations Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Native Affairs Commission papers (c)
Date: 1926-1934
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0112
Description: Contains audit report and written statements in regard to the programmes administered by the Native Department. Includes a list of staff employed by the Native Department between 1926 - 1933. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
160 - Falloona purchase
Date: 1930-1931
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0364
Description: File 160 - Contains a file on a proposed property purchase Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
154 - Papers re elections
Date: 1943-1946
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0358
Description: File 154 - Contains materials regarding Maori election campaigns Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
198 - Official visits to east coast development schemes
Date: 1944-1946
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0403
Description: File 198 - Contains letters and plans of visits to the east coast development schemes Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Land schemes and claims
Date: 1934-1949
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0109
Description: Loose papers including reports and lists of owners and development schemes, criticism of the schemes and also material on land claims Includes census from 1926 and 1934 of New Zealand districts. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Native Affairs Commission papers (b)
Date: 1930-1934
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0111
Description: Contains further documents and reports to the inquiry Includes Audit Inspectors' Reports in the Tairawhiti and Rotorua, Ranana and Waikato districts. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Native Affairs Commission papers (a)
Date: 1930-1934
From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0110
Description: Contains further materials such as statements to the inquiry Includes statement of accounts for, Native Land Development and Native Department, Native Trust office, Maori Purposes Fund, Maori Ethnological Research Board, Board of Maori Arts and Maori Land Boards. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Interview with Jamesina Kett
Date: 1 February 2014
From: Te Ao Māramatanga (College of Mental Health Nurses) Māori Caucus: Tuia Te Ao Marama oral history project
By: Kett, Jamesina Faith, 1936-2021; Sewell, Tio, active 2012-2022
Reference: OHInt-1031-12
Description: Comprises born digital files (sound recordings and abstract) relating to an oral history interview with Jamesina Kett of Te Ao Maramatanga (College of Mental Health Nurses) Māori Caucus. Interviewed by Tio Sewell on 1 February 2014. Interview discusses nursing training and working in the mental health sector; approaches to treating Māori patients including cultural needs; kaupapa Māori health services; National Council of Māori Nurses; cultural shifts of the 1970s and 1980s, including Kohanga Reo and Treaty of Waitangi. Also discusses upbringing on D'Urville Island and Takapūwāhia Marae, whānau. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Search dates: 2014
Field of red clover at New Peka, Rotorua district, part of the Maori Land Development S...
Date: Feb 1953
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: 1/2-039310-F
Description: Field of red clover growing at New Peka, Rotorua district, part of the Maori Land Development Scheme. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by Edward Percival Christensen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Welcoming the Minister of Maori Affairs to Horohoro School, Taupo district, during the ...
Date: February 1955
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: 1/2-039319-F
Description: Children welcoming the Minister of Maori Affairs, Ernest Corbett, to Horohoro School, Taupo district, during the 25th anniversary of the Maori Land Development Scheme, February 1955. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by Edward Percival Christensen. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Maori trainees feeding out hay to cattle, Maori Land Development Scheme, Kuratau Block,...
Date: Sep 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: 1/2-039311-F
Description: Maori trainees feeding out hay to cattle, Maori Land Development Scheme, Kuratau Land Block, Taupo district. Photograph taken September 1954 for the National Publicity Studios, by Edward Percival Christensen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Welcome for Ministerial group at Horohoro Marae, Taupo district, during the 25th annive...
Date: Feb 1955
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: 1/2-033536-F
Description: Welcome for Ministerial group at Horohoro Marae, Taupo district, February 1955 during an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Maori Land Development Scheme. Photograph taken by Edward Percival Christensen for the National Publicity Studios. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Ministerial party arriving at Horohoro Marae, Taupo district, during the 25th anniversa...
Date: Feb 1955
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: 1/2-033533-F
Description: Ministerial party arriving at Horohoro Marae, Taupo district, during an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Maori Land Development Scheme, February 1955. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by E P Christensen. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.