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Cattle Trespass Amendment Ordinance 1844

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Cattle Trespass Amendment Ordinance 1844

The Cattle Trespass Amendment Ordinance came into effect on 1 October 1844, and was enacted by the Legislative Council. ‘Cattle’ included ‘horned and neat (polled) cattle’ as well as sheep, goats, pigs, horses, mules and asses. Anyone whose property was damaged by any of these animals could be compensated up to £20.

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Reference: Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, 26 October 1844, p. 3

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Tony Nightingale, Government and agriculture – Land purchase and early farming regulations, 1840–1876, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/18047/cattle-trespass-amendment-ordinance-1844 (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Tony Nightingale, published 1 March 2009.