Suzanne Doig's Research Interests
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About Me
Until late 2002, I was a self-employed historian in Christchurch, New
Zealand, specialising in the field of Māori property rights and the New Zealand
government. My fields of interest are primarily political and legal history,
ahead of social or cultural issues, and most of my work has been on natural
resource issues, particularly rivers. I have also undertaken some local heritage
work.
In 1996, I finished my PhD on customary Māori freshwater fishing rights
and the historical and current interpretation of these rights. You can
read the thesis abstract and full text of some of my other research online.
Publication Record
Research Reports and Projects (unpublished)
- 'Te Urewera Waterways and Freshwater Fisheries', October 2002, commissioned by the Crown Forestry Rental Trust
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'Riccarton/Wigram Heritage Site Register', July 2001, produced for the Riccarton/Wigram Community Board, Christchurch City Council
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'The Waiapu River, Maori, and the Crown', October 2000, commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal
Thesis
- 'Customary Māori Freshwater Fishing Rights: an exploration of Māori
evidence and Pākehā interpretations', PhD thesis, University of Canterbury,
New Zealand, 1996
[abstract and contents]
Articles
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'The Battle for the Whanganui River 1840-1998', History Now Te Pae Tawhito o te Wā (1998) 4(2):19-26
Conference Papers (unpublished)
- 'The purchase of Māori fishing rights in Lake Taupō', New Zealand Historical
Association Conference, Waikato University, 5 December 1999
[text and thematic links]
- 'The New Zealand judiciary and Māori fishing rights 1880s/1890s
and 1980s/1990s', New Zealand Historical Association Conference, Massey University,
December 1997
[text]
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