Maori Purposes Act 1975

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1975.
1: Amendments to Maori Affairs Act 1953
Part 1 repealed 1 July 1993 Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
2: This Part to form part of the Maori Affairs Act 1953
Section 2 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
3: Extending class of persons who may receive an interest in land under a vesting order
Section 3 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
4: Valuations for renewals of leases
Section 4 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
5: Establishing quorum for exchange of land
Section 5 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
6: Land acquired from Maoris for public work may be revested in Maoris
Section 6 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
7: Additional provision for re-transfer of shares in Maori incorporations
Section 7 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
8: Incorporations may accept trusts
Section 8 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
2: Miscellaneous amendments to Maori legislation
9: Sale of reserved land and vested land to lessees abolished
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
10: Revesting of land in owners
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
11: Owners of Maori reserved land may be constituted as incorporations
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
12: Assurance Fund abolished
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: All money and investments which on the commencement of this Act are standing to the credit of the Assurance Fund established under section 34
13: Ngaitahu Trust Board beneficiaries
Section 13 repealed 24 April 1996 section 34(1) Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996
14: Maori Wardens
(1), (2): Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
3: Every Maori Warden holding office at the commencement of this Act shall, if he does not sooner vacate office, vacate office on 30 June 1976.
15: District Maori Councils may recognise Maori societies
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
16: Alteration of term European land to general land
1: The enactments set out in Schedule 1 are hereby amended by omitting the term “European land” wherever it occurs, and substituting in each case the term “general land”.
2: Every reference to the term European land in any enactment, not specified in Schedule 1
17: Status of land of Maori Incorporations
1: Land which is vested in any Maori incorporation at the commencement of this Act and which is European land—
a: by virtue of section 31(3) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 as originally enacted; or
b: by virtue of section 68(2) of that Act; or
c: pursuant to a declaration of the Maori Land Court under section 31(3) of that Act (as substituted by section 77 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1974),— shall cease to be European land and shall, on the commencement of this Act, become Maori freehold land within the meaning of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.
(2)–(4): Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
3: Establishing incorporations for Rangatira Blocks
18: Purpose of this Part
The purpose of this Part is to give effect (with some modifications) to the recommendations of the Royal Commission appointed by warrant dated 25 February 1974 to inquire into and report upon the future use of certain Rangatira Blocks situated on the shores of Lake Taupo, which recommendations are contained in the report of the Commission dated 19 September 1974 and reproduced as Parliamentary Paper H6 for the year 1974.
19: Interpretation
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,— court Registrar
20: Cancellation of orders
1: The orders of the court and Maori Appellate Court specified in Schedule 2
2: All orders of the court made under section 136, section 137, or section 213 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, and any exchanges or alienations of land or interests in land (including any effected by a vesting order made under section 81 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 or by a transmission or transfer that bears an endorsement made pursuant to to section 83(2) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967), made or effected since the date of the orders cancelled by subsection (1) but before the commencement of this Act, being orders, exchanges, or alienations which relate to any of the land comprised in the orders so cancelled, shall be deemed to relate to the respective titles formerly in existence and to the interests thereunder.
3: Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), the orders of the court made under section 438 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 and specified in Schedule 3
21: Incorporating owners of Rangatira Blocks
1: The owners of the parcels of land described in Schedule 4
a: the owners of the parcels of land described in Part 1
b: the owners of the parcels of land described in Part 2
c: the owners of the parcels of land described in Part 3
2: The parcels of land described in Schedule 4
3: The Maori freehold land vested in the incorporations constituted by subsection (1) and all other Maori freehold land subsequently vested in those incorporations by any means whatsoever shall continue to be Maori freehold land.
4: The objects of each Maori incorporation constituted by subsection (1) shall be as follows:
a: to use and manage the land or any part thereof as a farm and to carry on any agricultural or pastoral business thereon:
b: to use the land or any part thereof for the growing of timber and uses ancillary to or associated with the growing of timber:
c: to arrange for the alienation of the land or any part thereof within the meaning of the term alienation as defined in section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
5: Without limiting the effect of section 43 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967, it is hereby declared that each Maori incorporation constituted by subsection (1) may in pursuance of any 1 or more of its objects:
a: subdivide for the purposes of sale all or any part of the land vested in it and employ persons possessing technical, professional, or commercial skill to assist with the subdivision:
b: sell the sections so subdivided to any person, whether or not that person is a shareholder in the incorporation:
c: sell sections to any shareholder of the incorporation on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, including a term requiring the shareholder to transfer shares to the incorporation in complete or partial satisfaction of the purchase price.
6: The proviso to section 48(1) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 shall apply to any sale of land pursuant to this section. Section 21(4)(c) amended 1 July 1993 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
22: Part 4 of Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 Subject to the provisions of this Part, the provisions of Part 4 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 shall apply to the incorporations hereby constituted as if they had been constituted by order of the court.
23: Preparation of lists of shareholders
1: The Registrar shall, within 6 months from the date of commencement of this Act, prepare, for each incorporation constituted by this Part, an initial list of shareholders (hereinafter called the list
a: the list shall contain the name of every person who is an owner of a beneficial freehold interest in the land in respect of which the incorporation is constituted by this Act:
b: the list shall fix a total number of shares in the body corporate which shall be conveniently related to the total value of the land as fixed by a special government valuation of the capital value as defined by the Valuation of Land Act 1951 of each parcel of land as at the date of commencement of this Act:
c: the list shall have annexed to it a schedule which shall contain the capital value disclosed by the valuation of each respective piece of land:
d: the list shall allocate to each shareholder a number of shares, being as nearly as possible that proportion of the total shares which his former share in the value of the land bears to the total value of the land:
e: in the list the Registrar shall make any adjustment or recalculation necessary as a result of part of the land described in Schedule 4
2: For the purposes of the valuation of each parcel of land to be carried out under subsection (1), all the land to be valued shall, notwithstanding the provisions of the Valuation of Land Act 1951, be deemed to be zoned rural and not subject to any designation for a public work or public purpose under the operative district scheme prepared pursuant to the Town and Country Planning Act 1953.
24: Preparation of valuations
On receipt of a written request from the Registrar, the Valuer-General shall within 3 months carry out the valuations for the purposes of section 23
25: Objections to lists of shareholders
1: The list prepared pursuant to section 23 Ministry of Maori Development
2: If any shareholder named in the list or any person claiming to have been omitted from the list believes that any of the contents of the list is erroneous, or inequitable or that there are omissions from the list he shall have the right, within 4 months of the date on which it becomes available for inspection under subsection (1), to make an application to the Maori Land Court for the Waiariki Maori Land Court District for an amendment to the list.
3: Upon application being made pursuant to subsection (2) the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the application and to order the amendment of the list if, in the opinion of the court, the list contains omissions or any matter which is erroneous or inequitable.
4: No appeal shall lie to any court from the decision of the court made hereunder and the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court shall have no jurisdiction under section 452 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 to hear or consider any matter arising from a decision of the court hereunder.
5: All applications to the court made hereunder shall be heard together at a time and place fixed by the Registrar after the period specified in subsection (2) for the lodging of applications has expired.
6: At the hearing of the applications any person named in the list, even though not a party to any application, shall be entitled to appear and be heard upon any application.
7: Upon determination by the court of all applications made hereunder the list incorporating any amendments arising from determinations by the court shall be the list of shareholders of each incorporation to be used by the incorporation for establishing the share register. Section 25(1) amended 1 January 1992 section 9(3)(a) Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991
26: Holding of meeting to elect committee of management
1: Upon determination by the court of all applications made under section 25
2: The Registrar shall thereupon summon the meeting by sending written notice to those incorporated owners whose postal addresses are known to him.
3: Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Maori Incorporations Regulations 1969 shall apply to the incorporations hereby constituted and to the meetings summoned pursuant to this section.
27: Amalgamation of titles
1: The titles to the parcels of land described in Schedule 4
a: the titles to parcels of land described in Part 1
b: the titles to the parcels of land described in Part 2
c: the titles to parcels of land described in Part 3
2: Each amalgamation effected by subsection (1) shall, in each case, take effect on the date on which the list prepared pursuant to section 23(1) section 25(1)
3: The Registrar is hereby empowered to draw and seal title orders in respect of the amalgamated titles citing the authority of this section.
4: Any survey or compilation of plans or preparation of plans or diagrams necessary for the completion of title orders established under this section shall be carried out without charge by the Chief Surveyor for the district on the requisition of the Registrar.
5: On the signing and sealing of any order under this section, the Registrar shall transmit the order to the District Land Registrar together with a certified copy of Schedule 4
28: Costs of previous trustees and others
1: Upon the constitution of the Maori incorporations to be known as The Proprietors of Hiruharama-Ponui Block and The Proprietors of Rangatira Point Block, the New Zealand Insurance Company Limited may submit a claim to the court for costs incurred in the administration of the trust created pursuant to the order first mentioned in the Schedule.
2: At the hearing held by the court pursuant to section 25(5)
3: Any other person may make application to the court for an order under this section charging the assets of any 1 or more of the Maori incorporations constituted by this Part with the payment of costs incurred in respect of the land, and the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any such application: provided that no order shall be made under this section where the claim is in respect of work which was not in the opinion of the court for the benefit of all owners of the land involved.
4: Any charge created by the court pursuant to this section shall be enforceable only by application to the court which shall have jurisdiction to order repayment of the money secured by the charge upon such terms and conditions as the court may think fit.
29: Proceedings in courts deemed of no effect
1: Any application made to, any action or proceeding commenced in, and any decision given by, the High Schedule 4
2: Where any action is at the date of commencement of this Act before any court or tribunal the Registrar or Secretary of the court or tribunal shall enter upon the face of the record an endorsement to give effect to the provisions of subsection (1). Section 29(1) amended 1 April 1980 section 12 Judicature Amendment Act 1979
30: Amalgamation of Rangatira B616 with Rangatira E
The order of the court, made under section 182 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953
31: Implementation of this Part
In implementing the provisions of this Part, the court, the Registrar, the District Land Registrar, and the Valuer-General shall perform their duties and exercise their powers under this Part in such manner as shall be necessary to give effect to the true intent thereof.