What was the name of the 1867 Act that established a system of native schools, where Māori children were taught in English and often punished for speaking te reo Māori, contributing to the language's decline?

• A Education Ordinance 1847
• B Native Schools Act 1867 ✓
• C Māori Schools Act
• D Native Education Act

The Native Schools Act established a segregated school system where the curriculum was delivered exclusively in English, and speaking te reo Māori was actively suppressed — a policy that devastated intergenerational language transmission.