Which 1865 tribunal, established by the Native Lands Act, fundamentally disrupted Māori communal land ownership by converting customary title into individualised legal titles transferable to settlers?

• A The Compensation Court
• B The Māori Land Court
• C The Validation Court
• D The Native Land Court ✓

The Native Land Court was a mechanism to individualise Māori land title, making it easier for settlers to purchase. Over subsequent decades, millions of hectares of Māori land passed into Pākehā ownership through this process.