12 Jun 1846 Jahr - Native Land Purchase Ordinance - passed

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From 1840 the European demand for land increased dramatically as settler numbers swelled. Under Article Two of the Treaty of Waitangi, only the Crown could buy land from Māori.

Governor Robert FitzRoy relaxed this rule in 1844, allowing direct purchases by settlers. However, under the Native Land Purchase Ordinance 1846 Governor George Grey stopped such direct sales and Native Land Purchase Commission agents, working for the Crown, purchased as much Māori land as possible. The strategies they employed to convince the sellers were often dubious, and included:

targeting the weaker members of tribes
forcing sales under threat of military action
purchasing from individuals rather than the groups who owned land rights collectively
purchasing from non-owners
promising reserves for Māori on tracts of land that they sold, then not providing them, or providing rerserves that were smaller than promised or were on unsuitable land.

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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