Ovid: Elegy at the Crossroads

Gardner, Hunter H.

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“…Cheviot, regarded as the exemplar of closer settlement policy, was not a consequence of the LFSA, but rather something of an unexpected prize in a lottery accidentally orchestrated by the LIAA buyback provisions. 103 William "Ready Money" Robinson died in 1889, leaving Cheviothis 84,000-acre Canterbury estateon trust to five daughters. His heirs had various aspirations for Cheviot, one in particular vying for the property's sale.…”

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Woe Unto Them That Lay Field to Field: Closer Settlement in the Early Liberal Era

Fyfe¹

2016

VUWLR

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This article undertakes a re-examination of the origins, construction and application of the Land for Settlements legislation in the early Liberal era. The Liberal's commitment to closer settlement reveals part of the story of highly contested land policy in colonial New Zealand. Land for Settlements legislation of the 1890s, aimed at "bursting up" the great estates, was predominantly the product of settlers' ideological aspirations and two determined politicians: John Ballance and John McKenzie. When measured against the rhetoric used to promote it, however, the policy was not necessarily effective: it was complicated by practical realities and a narrow vision of New Zealand as a vigorous Arcadian paradise. When contrasted with the treatment of Māori land, yet more of the complexity of the land issue and the frailties of the actors facing it are revealed. The article concludes by proposing that Liberal policy, while flawed in execution, may have nevertheless contributed something to the consolidation of the concept of New Zealand as an agrarian ideal, a concept that remains largely intact today.

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Section: A the Great Estatesmentioning

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Woe Unto Them That Lay Field to Field: Closer Settlement in the Early Liberal Era

Fyfe¹

2016

VUWLR

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Ovid: Elegy at the Crossroads

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Woe Unto Them That Lay Field to Field: Closer Settlement in the Early Liberal Era

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