Maori Purposes Act 1962

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1962.
1: West Coast settlement reserves
Part 1 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
2: This Part to be read with Maori Reserved Land Act 1955
Section 2 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
3: Title amalgamation order
Section 3 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
4: Uneconomic interest in West Coast Settlement Reserves
Section 4 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
5: No payment for uneconomic interests
Section 5 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
6: Disposition of interests acquired by Maori Trustee
Section 6 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
7: Trust Board to hold interests for Education Trust
Section 7 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
8: Incidence of land tax and succession fee
Section 8 repealed 1 April 1968 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
2: Miscellaneous provisions
9: Maori Trustee may borrow money for purposes of Maori Soldiers Trust
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
10: Constitution of Maori Soldiers Trust Committee
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
11: Provisions as to judgment of Clifford Hakariwhi Thompson
Whereas by a judgment of the Supreme Court at Wanganui dated 12 October 1959 (in this section referred to as the judgment claimant Incorporation And whereas the judgment remains largely unsatisfied: And whereas an agreement for the satisfaction of the judgment has been reached between the parties and incorporated in a deed of compromise and release dated 28 November 1962 (in this section referred to as the deed And whereas it is expedient that effect be given to the terms of the settlement: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding the provisions of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 or of any other enactment, the deed shall be deemed to have been validly executed on behalf of the Incorporation and shall, without confirmation by the Maori Land Court, confer on the claimant—
a: a right to the payment from the Incorporation of 1,000 pounds; and
b: a right to a lease from the Incorporation of the land described in subsection (4) (in this section referred to as the land in accordance with the provisions of the deed. No such lease shall require confirmation by the Maori Land Court.
2: If the Incorporation fails on or before 28 February 1963, to pay to the claimant the sum of 1,000 pounds and to execute a lease in accordance with the provisions of the deed, the claimant may file in the Maori Land Court at Wanganui an affidavit deposing to the failure, and the court, if satisfied that the Incorporation has without good cause failed to comply with the provisions of the deed as aforesaid, shall make an order vesting the land in the claimant for an estate in fee simple free from any right, title, estate, or interest of the Incorporation or of the beneficial owners of the land.
3: Any sum of money received by the claimant under the deed or under the lease referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be damages for the purposes of section 125 of the Workers' Compensation Act 1956
4: The land to which this section relates is all that piece or parcel of land described as Waimanu 2A Block, containing 1 003 acres, more or less, and situated in Blocks I and II, Pihanga Survey District.