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The Land Act: 1862-1865

The Land Act: 1862-1865. Land Acts were brought in due to the high demand for land. They were designed to reduce Maori rights to ownership and to legally protest. 1862 Native Land Act . This set up the Native Land Court to make decisions on claims about land.

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The Land Act: 1862-1865

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  1. The Land Act: 1862-1865 Land Acts were brought in due to the high demand for land. They were designed to reduce Maori rights to ownership and to legally protest

  2. 1862 Native Land Act • This set up the Native Land Court to make decisions on claims about land. • The court was created by Maori chiefs but presided over by a Pakeha magistrate. • It allowed Maori to deal directly with settlers over land. • It had barely begun before it was replaced by the 1865 Act.

  3. 1863 New Zealand Settlers Act • This authorised the taking of land from Maori. • Its intention was to punish the ‘rebel’ Maori. • Those Maori who tried to oppose the Act were not entitled to compensation. • The law was amended to allows awards of land eventually to those who were loyal.

  4. 1865 Native Land Act • Any Maori can apply for the title for a piece of land. • To determine who owned the land, 10 names had to be passed to the court, regardless of the size of land. • All other tribal owners of the land had no rights to the land. • The 10 owners were not allowed to hold the land as trustees for a tribal group – they had to be individual owners

  5. 1865 Native Land Act • The sale of land now went through a court which meant land went for higher prices but took a longer time to be worked out. • Owners could sell the land for their own benefit.

  6. The effects of the 1865 Land Act • Court ran by Pakeha judges. • Pressure put on Maori to sell • As land went to 10 individuals who could sell the land, this resulted in small blocks of land owned by many people. • Maori had to pay the costs of surveys of land to be sold

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