Only 5,100 acres were ever identified and reserved, far less than the legal entitlement.   This was made up of 100 one-acre town sections in Nelson, and 100 suburban sections of 50 acres in Motueka and Moutere.   But as more British settlers arrived much of that land was whittled away and, by 1882, it had diminished to less than 3,000 acres, under the management of the Crown Trustee.   The balance of the Nelson Tenths Reserves – a promised 10,000 acres of rural land – was never obtained , and in some cases the land Māori already lived on and relied upon was also not excluded from sale.   Currently, the customary Māori landowners have less than 20% of the land they’re legally entitled to.