Introduction -- Maori values and environmental management -- Maori versions of creation -- The domains of Atua and the Maori environmental management system -- Mauri -- Papatuanuku -- Moana -- Waiora -- Kaitiakitanga -- Summary of the Maori enviromental Management system -- Resource management issues for Tangata whenua -- principles of the Treaty of Waitangi -- Giving effect tot he principles of the treaty in the District plan -- Resource management issues and Tangata whenua -- The Maori history of Wellington -- Tangata whenua representation -- The creation of the Wellington Tenths --

New Zealand today -- Participation -- Conclusions -- Encouraging independence -- Participation and representation -- Inforamtion -- Power sharing -- The Maori view -- Co-ordination -- Elimination of inequalities -- Equality of the races -- Goals for equality -- Pacific Islands peoples' perspectives.

The Treaty of Waitangi and the Maori people -- Industrial oppression -- The persecution of pacifists and conscientious objectors -- Chapter three: Signs of Hope (i): The Tangata Whenua -- Te Maori literature and culture -- Kohanga Reo -- Maori pride and politics -- Aotearoa rather than New Zealand -- The Maori tradition of non-violence -- The nuclear-free and independent Pacific movement -- Excursus: The Pakeha anti-racists movement -- Chapter eight: Visions and signs -- Chapter nine: Sharing good news -- Gossiping The Good News -- Public speaking -- Books, Pamphlets and films -- Marches and demontrations -- Art and Music -- Symbolic actions -- Conclusion.

Customary Title or papa Tipu -- Right of Discovery or whenua kite hou -- Right of ocupation or Ahi Ka -- Right of Conquest or Take Raupatu -- Right of gift or Take Tuku -- Right of Deathbed deposition or Take Ohaki -- Law of Compensation for misbehaviour or Muru -- Customary land or whenua tipu -- The benefits of customary title -- The introduction of Crown Title -- Background to the Treaty of Waitangi -- new theories -- Hobson's instructions -- Hobson Lands and preapres the treaty -- The Treaty is drafted and translated -- First article of the Treaty -- Second Article -- Third Article -- Results.