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... ongoing communal control, while komiti , at first based on European models but increasingly indigenized over time, also became important institutions of governance. Occasional Crown attempts to co-opt such institutions for its own ends were largely unsuccessful. Runanga and komiti were instead, although...

... were still trying to organize a separate Maori parliament, and many Maori groups organized committees to represent various districts and tribes. The Komiti (commit- tees) dealt with disputes and tried to achieve local agreement on issues like land claims in order to forestall the intervention...