 In line with his instructions, Wakefield promised local Māori they would be given reserves of land equal to one-tenth of the area, with their allotments chosen by lottery and sprinkled among the European settlers.The reserves were to remain inalienable to ensure that the Māori would not quickly sell the land to speculators.Jerningham Wakefield, the nephew of William Wakefield who had also arrived on the "Tory" in 1839, espoused the company's hope that interspersing Māori with white settlers would help them change their "rude and uncivilised habits".