1953 Māori Affairs Act focuses on ‘unproductive’ land
A measure designed to force unproductive Māori land into use was introduced by the Government in the Māori Affairs Act. Anyone who could now show the Māori Land Court (renamed from the Native Land Court in 1947) that a piece of good land was not being used could then apply to have it vested in trustees. This Act, allowing some flexibility in land management such as trusts, remained the governing legislation for Māori land for 40 years.
For the first time, a reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, visited Waitangi.
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