Maori land tenure before the coming of the Pakeha; The plot: the beginnings of colonisation; The gang: Missionary involvement in Maori Land alienation; The Tool: The Treaty of Waitangi - empty promises; The effects of translating communal ownership into individual title; The tragedy of Pakeha agreed on Maori land: effects of the 1865 Native Lands Act; The land grab continues: the tragedy worsens; The tragedy today; The Europeanisaton of Maori land; The conversion of Maori land; White racism in land use policies; Ubanisation: the deliverate dislocation of Maori people; Urban concentration of population; The contrived labelling - idle Maori land; Alienation through forced utilisation and Crown designation of Maori land; Coastal Maori lands designated as reserves; Cash cropping to feed the rich i foreign countires; The Maori land March 1975; Maori self determination; Maori dtermination to regain lands alienated by the Crown; Maori demonstration and confrontation; Land loss and the social tragedy; The ideal for the future.