Robert Te Kotahi Mahuta

Waikato, Tainui

1939 - 2001

Robert Mahuta was adopted at birth by King Koroki and was brought up at Waahi Pa. He was educated at Rakaumanga Primary School, Mt Albert Grammar School and the University of Auckland where he wrote a Masters thesis on whaikōrero. From 1977-78 he went to Oxford to begin a doctoral thesis entitled "The Relationship between Whaikōrero and Politics". In 1970 he was appointed to the Tainui Maaori Trust Board and was advisor to the Māori Queen. He was Principal Negotiator of the Waikato Raupatu Claim. He spent more than thirty years researching the confiscation of Waikato lands and led the Waikato Raupatu Claim to settlement with the Crown in 1995. His research portfolios included post-settlement issues, tribal education, fisheries and the Waikato River claim. He belonged to the Tainui Confederation of tribes, and was Director of the Centre for Maaori Studies and Research and the Raupatu Professor for the Waikato Raupatu Endowment Unit at the University of Waikato. He was a member of several university forums and the national universities’ Academic Audit Unit. He was a former member of the Museum of New Zealand Board and the Rhodes Scholarship Selections Committee. In May 1997 Mahuta was the first recipient of the Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) and was appointed to the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of his services to the Maaori people.

Biographical sources

  • Correspondence from Robert Mahuta, 30 Nov. 1992 and 23 Sept. 1998.
  • Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council/Te Kaunihera Whakakaupapa mo Aotearoa, 1990.

    Non-fiction

  • "A Pattern For Whaikorero of Welcome and Reply." Multi-Cultural School 4 (1976/1977): 4-12.
  • "Māori Communities and Industrial Development." Tihe Mauriora: Aspects of Māoritanga. Ed. Michael King. Wellington, N.Z.: Methuen, 1978. 86-97.
  • A comprehensive essay on the population movements of the Māori, the changing nature of their communities, the effects of urbanisation, and Māori responses to industrial development. Mahuta cites the case of the proposed Huntly Thermal Power Station and the difficulties facing Māori in dealing with the lack of consultation.
  • "The Māori King Movement Today." Tihe Mauriora: Aspects of Māoritanga. Ed. Michael King. Wellington, N.Z.: Methuen, 1978. 33-41 Rpt. as "The Kingitanga." in Te Ao Hurihuri: Aspects of Māoritanga. Ed. Michael Smith. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1992. 162-169.
  • Opens with a chronology of key events in the history of the Māori King movement, including published sources that give further background to these events. Mahuta gives a picture of the current structure of the Kingitanga movement, outlining the different functions of its various organs. He concludes with an examination of the current efficacy of the movement, writes of the Kingitanga relationship with other Māori groups and Pakeha organisations and government, and states: ‘it is somewhat ironical today that the head of a protest movement whose tribe lost nearly all of their lands in the early stages of contact is now accepted as a hostess for visiting stage dignitaries.’
  • "He Hinengaro Motuhake: A Separate Reality." He Matapuna: A Source: Some Māori Perspectives. NZPC No. 14. Wellington, N.Z.: Te Kaunihera Whakakaupapa mo Aotearoa, New Zealand Planning Council, 1979. [Rpt. in 1989.] 17-21.
  • Mahuta analyses the power divisions in New Zealand society and notes the two different ideologies and continuum of history endorsed by Pakeha and Māori.
  • "The Māori Seats: The Case Against." Tu Tangata 3 (Nov./Dec. 1981): 6-8.
  • In this paper, presented at the Tu Tangata Wananga held at Te Unga Waka, Auckland, N.Z. in March 1981, Mahuta argues against the Māori seats on the grounds that they ‘conveniently back [the Māori] people into a corner and are a major factor in discouraging either party from being sensitive to Māori needs.’ He also contends that the seats put Māori under ‘a dual handicap’ because ‘[e]thnically, [Māori] are a minority group, in that [they] comprise something like 10% of the total population. Politically, [they] are a minority in that [they] comprise something like 5% of the total number of seats in Parliament.’ Mahuta outlines the various options of Māori political representation and states that his preference is for a form of proportional representation. He writes that if Māori were on the general roll they would be a significant force and members of Parliament would have to face Māori issues.
  • Waahi - A Case Study of Social and Economic Development in a New Zealand Maaori Community. R. T. Mahuta and Ken Egan. Occasional No 12, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1981.
  • Huakina - Report to New Zealand Steel Ltd. Occasional Paper No 13, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1981.
  • Maaori Political Representation in Parliament. Occasional Paper No 14, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1981. Rpt. as "Māori Political Representation: A Case for Change." Nga Tumanako: Māori Representation Conference Tuurangawaewae Marae 26-27 April 1985. Sponsored by the N. Z. Māori Council. Ed. Ranginui Walker. Auckland, N.Z.: Centre for Continuing Education, U of Auckland, May 1985. 18-27.
  • He Tauira Whakaora - Some Maaori Development Models. Occasional paper No 16, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1982.
  • The Tainui Report, A Survey of Human and Natural Resources. Occasional Paper No 19, Centre for Maaori Studies and Research, 1983.
  • He Tauira Whakaora - Some Māori Development Models. University of Waikato, 1983. (B. Gadd’s Bibliography in RIMU)
  • The Tainui Report: A Survey of Human and Natural Resources. Occasional Paper No. 19 (Rev. Ed.) Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1983.
  • Co authors K. N. Egan and R. T. Mahuta.
  • He Whakatakotoranga Kaupapa - Submissions to the Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal Makaurau Marae. Occasional Paper No 25, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z., Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1985.
  • He Whakatakotoranga Kaupapa - Submissions to the Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal, (Volumes 1 and II). Occasional Paper No 26, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z., Centre for Māori Studeis and Research, U of Waikato, 1985.
  • "The Development of Coal Fired Power Stations in the Waikato: A Maaori Perspective." Occasional Paper 24, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z., Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1985.
  • "Culture and Tourism. 26 June 1985." Ngaa Koorero O Te Hootoke 1985: Ko Taa Te Māori Waahanga: Equity, Social Justice and Maaoridom. Occasional Paper No. 30, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z., Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 1986. 28-38.
  • "Te Whenua, Te Iwi." Te Whenua, Te Iwi: The Land and the People. Ed. Jock Phillips. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Port Nicholson Press, 1987. 82-87.
  • Mahuta discusses the Māori Economic Development Commission’s research findings on the state of contemporary Māori development in the tribal districts. The various ventures were grouped together in three models: the role of the Māori Affairs in ‘being caretaker to Māori assets’ is the ‘custodial’ model; joint ventures where Māori land owners provide land for a partner who has the ‘capital, expertise and planning,’ often resulting in inequities in shareholding, is the ‘dependent’ model; and the work cooperative, emerging from unemployment is the ‘spontaneous growth’ model.
  • "The Curriculum and the Transmission of Culture." Getting it Right: Aspects of Ethnicity and Equality in New Zealand Education. Ed. Walter Hirsh and Raymond Scott. Auckland, N.Z.: Office of the Race Relations Conciliator, 1988. 30-36.
  • "Reform of Local and Regional Government: A Tainui Perspective." New Zealand Geographer 44.2 (Oct. 1988): 84-85.
  • A critique of the Local Government Reform Bill from a Tainui perspective and a list of ten issues which the Tainui Trust Board argue must be addressed. These include local authority representation (in terms of overcoming gender and racial imbalances), eradicating paternalism and tokenism, affirmative action for Māori at all staffing levels, assessing where a Māori perspective should prevail, funding of Māori authorities to ensure participation, and legislation needed to ensure local authority compliance with Treaty of Waitangi provisions.
  • "He Mihi." Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council/Te Kaunihera Whakakaupapa mo Aotearoa, 1990. n.pag.
  • Mahuta writes that the precursor to this publication was He Matapuna, a collection of essays published in 1979 which presented ‘a set of Māori perspectives on national development’. Mahuta observes that this volume, published some ten years later, ‘is intended to provide a wide range of responses to the task of maintaining a concerted groping by iwi for nationhood based on the Treaty of Waitangi, in a period of lightning change and yet with many of the old resistances still intact.’
  • "Raupata: The Search for Justice." Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council/Te Kaunihera Whakakaupapa mo Aotearoa, 1990. 27-34.
  • In this discussion of the impact of raupata (land confiscation) on the Tainui tribe, Mahuta examines the growing support through international law, the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation for the protection of the legal and human rights of indigenous people. He presents an historical background to the confiscation of Tainui lands and chronicles Tainui’s repeated attempts to gain suitable compensation. Under the headings: ‘Land and Resources’, ‘The Annual Grant’, and ‘Education’, Mahuta outlines Tainui’s proposed ‘progressive settlement’, which would help to restore Tainui’s former ‘strong tribal economic base’.
  • "The Basis for a Maaori Foreign Policy." Beyond New Zealand II: Foreign Policy into the 1990s. Ed. Richard Kennaway and John Henderson. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1991. 56-63.
  • "Raupatu." 1840-1990: A Long White Cloud? Essays for 1990. Ed. Tom Newnham. Auckland, N.Z.: Graphic Publications and Citizens Association for Racial Equality, 1989. 24-29. An extract rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Regaining Aotearoa: Māori Writers Speak Out. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 2: He Whakaatanga O Te Ao: The Reality. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 144-149.
  • Mahuta writes of Raupatu, land confiscation in the Waikato, and describes the many attempts by Waikato leaders and the Māori Kings, Tawhiao and Te Rata to gain redress for the confiscations.
  • "Tribal Elder Statesman Dies Suddenly." Kia Hiwa Ra: National Māori Newspaper Sept./Oct. 1993: 143.
  • "Maaori of New Zealand." State of the Peoples: A Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Danger. Ed. Marc S Miller. Boston: Beacon, 1993. 105-106.
  • "Maaori Perspectives in Resource Planning Practice." Regional Resource Futures Conference Proceedings. Ed. Wendy Boyce, Neil Eriksen and Naretta Hingley. Hamilton, N.Z., 1993. 164-174.
  • "Quivering Differences: Maaori-White Relationships in New Zealand." American Indian Culture and Research Journal 17.1 (1993): 55-78.
  • "Tainui: A Case Study of Direct Negotiation." Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 25.2 (1995): 157-177.
  • "Tainui, Kingitanga and Raupatu." Justice & Identity: Antipodean Practices. Ed. Margaret Wilson and Anna Yeatman. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, 1995. 18-32.
  • Mahuta writes that this is ‘an account of the position of Tainui and the Kingitanga (or King) movement in the struggle to reclaim lands confiscated during the Land Wars of the 1860s.’ He adds that he will describe the Tainui position by looking at ‘who and what is Tainui’, laying out the chronology of the Kingitanga and raupatu (Māori land confiscations), and thwn ‘review[ing] the history and role of the Tainui Trust Board and the status of the negotiations it is conducting with the Crown for the restitution and compensation of the confiscated lands.’
  • "The Waikato Raupatu Claim – The Settlement." Kia Hiwa Ra: National Māori Newspaper. June 1995: 31.
  • Co-authors R. T. Mahuta and Mamae Takarei.
  • "The Hui Taumata & Iwi Development." Nga Patai: Racism and Ethnic Relations in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ed. Paul Spoonley, David Pearson and Cluny MacPherson. Palmerson North, N.Z.: Dunmore Press, 1996. No further details.
  • "The Future of Fish." Press 29 Sept. 1999: 7.
  • Co-authors R. T. Mahuta and Mark Solomon.
  • Foreword. Te Tārere ā Tawhaki: Journal of the Waikato University College 1 (2001): 5-8.

  • Papers/Presentations

  • "Nothing is Impossible: Overview and Objectives." Tainui Lands Federation Conf., Waahi Marae, Huntly, N.Z., 1982.
  • "The Waahi Project in Community Development." PPTA Hui, Waahi Marae, Huntly, N.Z. 1984.
  • "Interim Report on the Environment Impact Report for the Ministry of Energy." Unpublished paper, 1984.
  • Presented to the Ministry of Energy in 1984.
  • "The Role of Tertiary Institutions in Maaori Education: A Tainui Perspective." Hui Whakatauira, Waikato Technical Institute, Hamilton, N.Z. 1984.
  • "Energy Developments in the Waikato: A Maaori Perspective." Unpublished paper, 1984.
  • Prepared for the Māori Economic Summit held in Wellington, N.Z., in 1984.
  • "To Meat of not to Meet." MIRINZ Annual Conf. dinner, Waahi Marae, Huntly, N.Z. 1984.
  • "Culture and Tourism." Framework of Tourism Conf., Wairakei, N.Z. 1985.
  • "Tribal Arts and Identity." Hamilton, N.Z.: Centre for Māori Studies and Research, University of Waikato, 1985.
  • "The Tainui Maaori Trust Board." Field Officers of the Māori Affairs Conf., Hamilton, N.Z. 1985.
  • "Maaori Use of Land: Traditional and Modern." Stout Research Institute Annual Conf., Wellington, N.Z., 1985.
  • "Maaori Representation in Parliament: A Background Paper." Māori Representation in Parliament Conf., Turangawaewae, N.Z. 1985.
  • "Planning for Major Change, A Maaori Viewpoint: The Tainui Case." NZ Planning Institute Conf., New Plymouth, N.Z. 1986.
  • "Waikato Visions for the 1990s: A Maaori Perspective." Unpublished paper, 1986.
  • "Endowed Maaori University Colleges." Robert Mahuta et al. Unpublished paper, 1986.
  • "Maaori Development: Which Way Up?" Joint Seminar, U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. 1987.
  • "Briefing Paper to Cabinet Ad Hoc Committee on Maaori Development." Cabinet Ad Hoc Committee on Māori Development, Wellington, N.Z., 1987.
  • "Raupatu and its Impact on Waikato Attitudes." N.Z. Psychological Society, U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. 1988.
  • "Raupatu: The Confiscation of the Waikato and Tribal Attempts to Seek Redress." Association of New Zealand Social Anthropologists, Auckland U, Auckland, N.Z. 1988.
  • "Treaty Rights and Natural Resource Issues in the Waikato." Keynote Address. Ecopolitics III Conference, U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. 1988.
  • "Making History: Raupatu & After." N.Z. Historical Association Conf. U of Waikato, hamilton, N.Z. 27 Jan. 1989.
  • "The New Right & Maaoridom." New Right Seminar. Stout Research Centre, Wellington, N.Z. 4 Mar. 1989.
  • "Local Government Reform and Resource Management Issues: A Tribal Perspective." Seminar Honouring the Treaty of Waitangi. U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. 15 Apr. 1989.
  • "Tribal Claims and the Legal System: The Judiciary, Legislature and the Executive." Conf. of the Judges of the Court of Appeal and the High Court. Rotorua, N.Z. 21 Apr. 1989.
  • "The Pacific, Bridge or Barrier; A Maaori Perspective." Pacific Science Association VI Intercongress. Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Chile. 7-10 Aug. 1989.
  • "Towards Sustainable Development: A Maaori Perspective." Ecopolitics IV Conf. U of Adelaide, Adelaide, Austral. 21-24 Sept. 1989.
  • "The Big Picture: An International Perspective on Resource & Environmental Issues." NZ Planning Council Hui-a-iwi. New Plymouth, N.Z. 26 Oct. 1989.
  • "Race Relations in New Zealand, 150 Years after the Treaty of Waitangi." N.Z. 1990 in Britain Race Relations Colloquium. Oxford, UK. Nov. 1989.
  • "Taawhiao’s Dream." 1990 MacMillan Brown Lecture, Centre for Māori Studies and Research, U of Waikato, 21 Mar. 1990.
  • In his introduction Mahuta states that the 1990 Waikato University’s memorial lecture series were focussed on ‘the current assault on the freedom of the University, which is the hidden agenda in the recent Government reports and legislation concerning the reconstitution of tertiary education. Hence the decision to base this series on the theme of Newman’s dream and the idea of the university.’ Noting the struggle to establish and fund the Centre for Māori Studies and Research at Waikato University, Mahuta writes that he ‘went back into history to reflect upon two different circumstances, two different responses which threatened freedoms.’ Mahuta writes that John Newman countered threats to the 19th century Western university tradition. He discusses John Newman, and John MacMillan Brown, and before challenging some of the basic premises and goals of New Zealand universities. Mahuta then discusses Taawhiao, raupatu, a vision of establishing endowed colleges in Waikato and Auckland, and Māori issues in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • "Taawhiao’s Dream." Macmillan Brown Lecture Ser. U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. Mar. 1990.
  • "Local/Regional Government and Iwi Development." NZ Planning Council Seminar on Local & Regional Government Information & Policy Making. Wellington, N.Z. 29 Mar. 1990.
  • "The Search for Justice." Hui Manawhenua. Rotorua, N.Z. 9-12 Apr.1990.
  • "The Tainui Claim: The Search for Justice." Centre for South Pacific Studies Seminar. U of New South Wales. Sydney, Austral. 30 May 1990.
  • "Where is Maaori Development Going?" NZ Planning Council/Ngāti Awa Tribal Planning Hui. Whakatane, N.Z. 14 June 1990.
  • "Taawhiao’s Vision." Opening presentation in the Tainui Lecture Ser. Te Whare Tāonga o Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z. 20 June 1990.
  • "Iwi Development and Internationalism." N.Z. Planning Council/Ngāti Ranginui Tribal Planning Hui. Tauranga, N.Z. 26 Sept. 1990.
  • "The Issues of Land in New Zealand." Australian National University Conf. on Resources, Development and Politics in the South Pacific. Canberra, Austral. Nov. 1990.
  • "A Maaori Response." Prime Minister’s Conf. on New Zealand Enterprise Policies. Wellington, N.Z. May 1991.
  • "National Maaori Congress." Ministry of External Relations and Trade Winter Lecture Ser. Wellington, N.Z. Aug. 1991.
  • "Maaori Perspectives in Resource Planning Practice." Regional Resource Future Conf. U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. Aug. 1991.
  • "Te Ara Kaipakihi Hou: The New Business Pathway." Te Waka Kaipakihi: The Business Canoe. Te Tira Hou Marae. Panmure, N.Z. 21 Nov. 1991.
  • "Maaori Business Development Issues." Seminar for MBA students. U of Auckland, Auckland, N.Z. 10 Apr. 1992.
  • "Maaori Land Claims in the Waikato." Morrinsville Rotary Club. Morrinsville, N.Z. 27 Apr. 1992.
  • "The Tainui Claim." Tangata Whenua Policy Analysis & Career Development Course. Management Lodge, U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. 11 May 1992.
  • "Tainui and the Kiingitanga Movement." Law School Seminar on Justice, Biculturalism and the Politics of Difference. U of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z. 26 Mar. 1993.
  • "Maaroi Participation in Tertiary Education." Tertiary Education Conf. Wellington, N.Z. 13-14 Apr. 1993.
  • "Education and Training: A Maaori Perspective." Waikato Polytechnic Winter Lecture Ser. Hamilton, N.Z. 29 July 1993.
  • "Taharoa C - A Case Study." Conference on Opportunities in Iwi Resource Development. Wellington, N.Z. 23 Sept. 1993.
  • "Training and Education Aims and Objectives of Maaori Fisheries Commission." Seminar on Economic Development Strategies for Māori in Industry. Hopuhopu, N.Z. 1 Oct. 1993.
  • "Raupatu." New Zealand Surveyors Conf. on River, Land & People. Hamilton, N.Z. 18 Oct. 1993.
  • "Tainui Maaori Trust Board, Taharoa C, MDC." Māori Business Seminar on Managing Tribal & Multi-Tribal Organisations. Wellington, N.Z. 8 June 1994.
  • "The Hui Taumata & Iwi Development." Hui Whakapuumau. Massey U. Palmerston North, N.Z. 10-11 Aug. 1994.
  • "Who Is Studying Whom?" American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 30 Nov. 1994.
  • Co-authors B.G. Harrison, J.E. Ritchie and R.T. Mahuta.
  • "Tainui: A Case Study of Direct Negotiations." New Zealand Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Conf. on Treaty Claims: The Unfinished Business. Wellington, N.Z. 9-10 Feb. 1995.
  • "Where To From Here?" Graduation Ceremony of the School of Management Studies. U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z. 20 Apr. 1995.
  • "Educate or Perish." Graduation Ceremonies of the School of Science & Technology and Computing & Mathematical Sciences. U of Waikato. Hamilton, N.Z. 20 Apr. 1995.
  • "The Tainui Raupatu Settlement." New Zealand National Party Auckland, N.Z. Divisional Conf. on Creating Opportunities with Treaty Settlements. Auckland, N.Z. 24 June 1995.
  • "Overview: Educate or Perish." Inaugural Conf. of the National Association of Māori Mathematicians, Scientists & Technologists. U of Auckland, N.Z. 5-8 July 1995.
  • "Biculturalism in Mainstream Universities: The Case of the University of Waikato." Robert Mahuta et al. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Washington DC, USA. 15-19 Nov. 1995.

    Other

  • Knight, Richard. "Driving Force of Bob Mahuta." Waikato Times 30 July 1994: 13.
  • "A Life of Commitment to Tribal Deveopment." Te Maori News 3.12 (1994): 19.
  • "Commissioner Honours For Services To Māori." Te Māori News: Māori Weekly Newspaper July 1996: 1.
  • "Tainui Leader’s Struggle Rewarded." Waikato Times 3 June 1996: 1.
  • "Investiture A Highlight of Coronation Celebrations." Koiri Paetae June 1997: 91-92.
  • "Robert Te Kotahi Mahuta Honoured." Te Māori News: Māori Weekly Newspaper Feb. 1997: 2.
  • Knight, Richard. "Negotiator Honoured In His Time." New Zealand Herald 21 May 1997: A.15.
  • Nathan, Te Anga. "Tainui Crusade Life’s Work For Reluctant Knight." Waikato Times 20 May 1997: 7.
  • Coddington, Deborah. "Power Line." North and South 150 (1998): 26-27.
  • "Waikato River Clean-Up Claim." Dominion 13 May 1999: 9.
  • Bidois, Vanessa. "Tainui: Time To Change The Guard." New Zealand Herald 13 July 2000: A.13.
  • Nathan, Te Anga. "The Battler Battles on [NZPA]." Dominion 13 July 2000: 8.
  • "Sir Robert Reinstated to Power." Te Karere Māori Aug. 2000: 5.
  • Gifford, Adam. "Nobody Wants To Print Our Side Of The Story." Te Karere Māori Feb. 2001: 201.
  • Muru-Lanning, Marama. "The Analogous Boundaries of Ngāti Mahuta, Waikato-Tainui and Kīngitanga." Journal of the Polynesian Society 120.1.(2011): 9-41.
  • "He Maimai Aroha." Mana: The Māori News Magazine for all New Zealanders 38 (2001): 6-9.
  • Henare, Denese. "Māori Visionary Leaves Legacy of Change." Sunday Star Times 4 Feb. 2001: C.6.
  • Bain, Helen. "Bow of Tainui Canoe Lies Broken." Dominion 2 Feb. 2001: 11.
  • "Māori Leader A Real Fighter Until The End." Evening Post 8 Feb. 2001: 5.
  • Coopr, Tracey. "Leader’s Final Journey Halts Traffic; Tribe Urged To Fulfil Last Legacy." Waikato Times 6 Feb. 2001: 1, 3.
  • Ritchie, James. "Robert Te Kotahi a Koroki Mahuta." Mana:The Māori News Magazine for All New Zealanders 39 (2001): 70-71.
  • Gifford, Adam. "Sir Robert Changed The Face of NZ." New Zealand Herald 3 Feb. 2001: A.21.
  • Cooper, Tracey. "Mahuta: It Was Work To The End; In The Shadow of the Fallen Totara." Waikato Times 2 Feb. 2001: 1, 6.
  • Gregory, Angela. "Sir Robert Mahuta: A Flawed Colossus." New Zealand Herald 2 Feb. 2001: A.11.
  • Cooper, Tracey et al. "Sir Robert Mahuta Dies: Māoridom Loses Icon; Fall of a Giant." Waikato Times 1 Feb. 201: 1, 7.
  • "Thousands Farewell Tainui Leader." Te Karere Māori Feb. 2001: 201.
  • Irvine, Denise. "The Living Legend of Robert Mahuta." Waikato Times 26 May 2005: 7.
  • "The Living Legacy of Robert Mahuta." Te Karere News: National Māori Community Newspaper 2005: 1.

  • Reviews

    The People of Many Peaks
  • "Volumes Support Resurgence of Māori." Rev. of The People of Many Peaks, ed. Claudia Orange, and Nga Tangata Taumata Rau, ed. W. H. Oliver. Dominion Sunday Times 22 Sept. 1991: 22.