9 Apr 1841 Jahr - Land Claims Ordinance - passed

Beschreibung:

Many of the early laws affecting Māori dealt with the ownership and sale of Māori land. The Land Claims Ordinance 1841 established the Native Protectorate Department to prevent settlers fraudulently taking land from Māori. It also created the Old Land Claims Commission to investigate purchases of land from Māori before the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840.

The Crown dismissed many of the more extravagant pre-treaty land claims by settlers, and radically reduced the area of land sold under other claims. However, another feature of the 1841 ordinance was that it allowed the Crown to keep the difference between land claimed and land awarded to European buyers.

Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/te-ture-maori-and-legislation/page-2#:~:text=Land%20Claims%20Ordinance%201841&text=The%20Crown%20dismissed%20many%20of,land%20sold%20under%20other%20claims.

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