Maori Purposes Act 1968

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1968.
1: Amendments to
Maori Affairs Act 1953
2: This Part to form part of the
Maori Affairs Act 1953 This Part of this Act shall be read together with and deemed part of the Maori Affairs Act 1953
3: Appointment of temporary Judges
Section 16A of the principal Act section 3 Maori Purposes Act 1966 of two years or for two not exceeding twelve months or for two or more such
4: Salaries of Judges
1: Section 21 of the principal Act section 18 Maori Purposes Act 1959 section 3 Maori Purposes Act 1967 paragraph (b) of subsection (2) May April
2: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
5: Constitution of Maori reservations for communal purposes
1: Section 439 of the principal Act
a: By omitting from subsection (1) sub-section (2) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council The Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette
b: By omitting from subsection (3) subsection (6) Order in Council notice
2: Section 439 of the principal Act subsection (5)
5: On the recommendation of the Court the Secretary by notice in the Gazette
a: He may exclude from the reservation any part of the land therein comprised:
b: He may cancel the reservation:
c: He may redefine the purposes for which the reservation is made:
d: He may redefine the persons or class of persons for whose use or benefit the reservation is made .
3: Section 439 of the principal Act subsection (8) Where by reason of the revocation or variation of any Order in Council under this section any land ceases to be a Maori reservation or part of a Maori reservation, the land Upon the exclusion of any land from a reservation under this section or the cancellation of any such reservation the land excluded or the land formerly comprised in the cancelled reservation
6: Missing owners of Maori land
Section 447 of the principal Act section 143 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 subsection (4) interests in land specified in the instrument of election beneficial freehold interests in Maori freehold land owned by that person within the Maori Land Court district
7: Investigation of incorporation's affairs
Section 61 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 subsection (2) shall, after making any other investigations which seem to him desirable, lay the report before the Court shall lay the report, together with his comments thereon, before the Court if, after making such other investigations as seem to him desirable, he considers the report warrants consideration by the Court
8: Certification by Registrar of value of undivided interest in Maori land of deceased estate
Section 78 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 subsection (4)
4: On application by the administrator of an estate the Registrar shall certify as to the value of any undivided freehold interest in Maori freehold land if the value of the interest, in his opinion, does not exceed two thousand dollars. The value so certified shall be accepted for the purposes of the Estate and Gift Duties Act 1955
2: Miscellaneous amendments
9: Grants from Special Maori Housing Fund towards running costs of hostels
Section 18 Maori Housing Amendment Act 1938 section 15 Maori Purposes Act 1961 subsection (4)
h: The making to any body or organisation of grants by way of contribution towards the cost of accommodating in a hostel administered or operated by that body or organisation young Maoris who are undergoing any apprenticeship or other training for any trade or occupation.
10: Disposal by Maori Trustee of office premises, etc
Section 36 Maori Trustee Act 1953
3: The Maori Trustee may, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property held by him for the purpose of office premises, or for purposes related to office premises, whether the property was acquired under this section or otherwise.
11: Acquisition by Maori Trustee of uneconomic interests
Section 41D Maori Trustee Act 1953 section 128 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 subsection (6)
12: Membership of Tainui Maori Trust Board
Section 12 repealed 30 April 1999 28(4)(b) Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 See clause 2 Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act Commencement Order 1999
13: Gratuities payable on retirement or death of employees
1: The Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 section 19
19A:
1: On the retirement from the service of any Board of any employee whose total length of service with the Board has been not less than ten years, the Board may, with the prior approval of the Minister, pay to him, by way of gratuity, an amount not exceeding an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate payable to him at the time of his retirement
2: On the death of any such employee (whether before or after his retirement but before he has received a gratuity under subsection (1) of this section
2: All payments made by any Board by way of gratuity to retiring employees before the passing of this Act are hereby validated.
14: Annual accounts of Maori Trust Boards
1: Section 31 Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 subsection (1) year ending on the thirty-first day of March financial year
2: The said section 31
4: The financial year of each Board shall end on the thirty-first day of March in each year: Provided that the Minister may from time to time in respect of any Board fix a financial year ending on some other date.
3: Section 32 Maori Trust Boards Act 1955
a: By omitting from subsection (1) of April following the close of its financial year
b: By omitting from subsection (1) year ending on the thirty-first day of March next following ensuing financial year
15: Tarawera Forest Act 1967
1: The Tarawera Forest Act 1967 section 12
12A: Succession to certain shareholders deceased before the first day of April, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight
1: In this section, unless the context otherwise requires,— Deceased shareholder subsection (1) of section 9 of this Act Unit of debenture stock paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 8 of this Act
2: This section shall apply to the shares and units of debenture stock allotted or to be allotted, pursuant to section 8 of this Act
3: The Maori Land Court may, at any time before the first day of April, nineteen hundred and-seventy-three, on the application of the Maori Trustee or any person claiming to be interested, determine the persons beneficially entitled to any shares or units of debenture stock of a deceased shareholder and the proportions in which such persons are entitled to hold the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the shares or units of debenture stock were beneficial freehold interests in Maori land.
4: The directors of the company may at any time after the thirty-first day of March nineteen hundred and-seventy three, and before the expiry of the period of ten years referred to in subsection (1) of section 12 of this Act
5: Any determination made pursuant to subsection (3) of this section subsection (4) of this section
6: An order or instrument created pursuant to subsection (5) of this section Provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of any such order or instrument as to the entitlement of any person to any shares or units of debenture stock, there shall not be transferred to any person any fractional part of a share or unit (whether by itself or with any whole number of shares or units); and any share or unit which, but for this proviso, would be divided into fractional parts shall be transferred to such of the persons who would be entitled to such fractional parts as the directors, by lot, shall select.
7: In any case where before the first day of April, nineteen hundred and seventy-three, the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court may have made an order pursuant to the provisions of section 452 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 subsection (5) of this section Provided that no order made by the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court pursuant to section 452 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953
8: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Estate and Gift Duties Act 1955
2: The Tarawera Forest Act 1967 paragraph (a) or section 12 section 12 section 12A