New Zealand historian Dr Vincent O'Malley. Photo / Horiana Henderson In the Native Lands Act 1865, the “10-owner” rule was introduced permitting only 10 owners to be listed on a land title ...

Pākehā were given land and ... birth to the Native Land Act, along with many other policies created to alienate natives from their own lands. The Native Land Acts 1862 and 1865 established ...