Généalogie des droits fonciers autochtones en Nouvelle-Zélande (Aotearoa) et à Tahiti

Abstract

AbstractFrom a comparative perspective between New-Zealand (Aotearoa) and Tahiti, indirect and direct administration during the colonial period (1840–1880) have produced similar effects: the acknowledgment of local custom in an effort to eradicate it. Polynesian answers were very similar: war or passive resistance, with more or less success. As far as the results of colonial policies are concerned, land spoliations were significant in both cases, though perhaps more important in New-Zealand then in Tahiti. The development of these Polynesian societies, as they take into account their cultural histories, will become a subject of increasing importance.