Maori Purposes Act 1970

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1970.
1: Amendments to Maori Affairs Act 1953
Part 1 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993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Section 2 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993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: Salaries of Judges
Section 3 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
4: Period for investigation of customary land extended
Section 4 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
5: Vesting orders transferring interests in land
Section 5 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
6: Repeal of Part 25 of principal Act
Section 6 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
7: Leasing of Maori reservations
Section 7 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
8: Adjustment of shareholding by incorporations
Section 8 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
9: Orders amalgamating incorporations and orders including in incorporations owners of additional land owned by Maoris may be retrospective
Section 9 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
10: Investigation of incorporations' affairs
Section 10 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
2: Miscellaneous amendments to Maori legislation
11: Setting apart land for purposes of Maori Housing Act 1935
(1), (2): Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
3: This section shall come into force on 1 January 1971.
12: Hall site for Ngati Poneke Maori Association
(1): Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 24 October 1969.
13: Powers of Maori Trustee in respect of leases of reserved land
Section 13 repealed 10 October 1975 section 9(e) Maori Purposes Act 1975
14: Beneficial owners may resolve to apply money for specified purpose
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: Section 14(2) repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
15: Constitution of Maori Soldiers Trust Committee
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 14 December 1962.
16: Maori Trustee may recognise committee of beneficial owners
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
17: Position with regard to leases when Maori vested land revested in owners
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
18: Subsidy to New Zealand Maori Council
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
3: East Coast Maori Trust lands
19: Interpretation
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, Commissioner Part 4
20: Disposition by Commissioner of remaining assets
1: The Commissioner is hereby authorised and directed as soon as conveniently may be after the commencement of this Act, to transfer to the Maori Trustee the title to the land comprised in the Mangaotane Trust Estate, established by section 12
2: The land affected by subsection (1), being the land comprised in the Mangaotane Trust Estate, consists of:
a: all those pieces of land containing 9 178 acres, more or less, being Lot 3 on Deposited Plan 2395 and Lot 4 on Deposited Plan 2396, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, No 1D/1207, Gisborne Registry, subject to Memorandum of Lease No 88102:
b: all those pieces of land containing 4 438 acres 3 roods 5 perches, more or less, being Lot 2 on Deposited Plan 2394 and Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 3525, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, No 1D/1208, Gisborne Registry, subject to the fencing covenant in Transfer 20920 and to Memorandum of Lease No 88102.
21: Disposal of remaining assets by Commissioner
After disposing of the assets of the Mangaotane Trust Estate pursuant to section 20
a: pay from his General Reserve the taxation and other liabilities provided for and shown in his audited balance sheet at 30 June 1970; and
b: dispose of the balance of his General Reserve in the manner proposed in his report made to the court pursuant to section 14
22: Discharge of Commissioner
Upon the Commissioner filing in the court a certificate that he has complied with the requirements of sections 20 21
23: Land to be held by Maori Trustee pending determination of owners
1: Pending the making by the court of an order under section 17 section 20
2: Upon and by the making by the court of that order under section 17
24: Disposition by Maori Trustee of assets other than land
1: Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Maori Trustee shall, upon the expiry of 4 months after the date of the making of the order under section 17 section 20
2: Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed to prevent the Maori Trustee from giving effect to any lawful order of the court for the payment of money otherwise than as provided by that subsection or to any confirmed resolution of the assembled owners of the land passed under Part 23 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 as to the application of the money.
25: Repeals
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
2: The provisions of this Part shall prevail over and supersede the provisions of Part 4 Part 2 Part 1
4: Poho-o-Rawiri Marae
26: Poho-o-Rawiri Marae set apart as a Maori Reservation
1: The land described in subsection (2) (hereinafter in this section referred to as Poho-o-Rawiri Marae
2: The land comprised in Poho-o-Rawiri Marae consists of:
a: all those pieces of land containing 8 acres 6.6 perches, more or less, being Lots 1 and 2 on Deposited Plan 3086 and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, No 111/23, Gisborne Registry:
b: all those pieces of land containing 1 rood 29.8 perches, more or less, being Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 5090 and part Lot 2 on Deposited Plan 4952, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, No 1A/300, Gisborne Registry:
c: all that piece of land containing 4 acres, more or less, being Kaiti 322 Block, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, No 3A/905, Gisborne Registry, subject to Memorandum of Lease No 58667.
3: The tribes for whose use and benefit the Poho-o-Rawiri Marae is set apart are: Ngationeone Ngatiporou (and its constituent hapus) Rongowhakaata Aitanga-a-Mahaki Ngai Tamanuhiri.
27: Poho-o-Rawiri Marae Committee
1: The persons holding office at the commencement of this Act as members of the committee of management of the Maori incorporation known as “The Proprietors of Poho-o-Rawiri” are hereby constituted a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal under the name of “Poho-o-Rawiri Marae Committee”.
2: Members of the Poho-o-Rawiri Marae Committee shall be elected and appointed and shall retire and may resign or be removed from office as if they were members of the committee of management (consisting of 7 members) of a Maori incorporation under Part 4 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967, constituted in the year 1969, and the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of section 52, section 53, subsections (1) to (6) of section 54, and sections 55 and 56 of that Act and of the Maori Incorporations Regulations 1969 shall with the necessary modifications apply accordingly: provided that the meetings required by subsection (1) of section 28
28: Meetings of Committee
1: The Poho-o-Rawiri Marae Committee shall once in each year within 6 months after 31 March arrange for and hold a general meeting of members of the tribes named in subsection (3) of section 26
2: If any question shall arise at any general meeting as to whether any person is or is not a member of one of the tribes named in subsection (3) of section 26
29: Land vested in Committee
1: The land described in subsection (2) of section 26
2: The District Land Registrar for the Gisborne Land Registration District is hereby authorised and directed without fee to enter upon the certificates of title to the said land a memorial of the vesting effected by subsection (1).
30: Authority to sell, lease, or exchange land
Except in respect of the land comprised in certificate of title, No 111/23, and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (9) of section 439 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Poho-o-Rawiri Marae Committee may, with the consent of the court, sell, lease, or exchange any of the land for the time being vested in it.
31: Dissolution of the Proprietors of Poho-o-Rawiri and provision incidental thereto
1: The Maori incorporation known as The Proprietors of Poho-o-Rawiri is hereby dissolved and all the personal property and all the rights, powers, and privileges appertaining to that incorporation are hereby vested in the Poho-o-Rawiri Marae Committee, which shall also become subject to and liable for all claims and liabilities to which that incorporation was subject.
2: The order made by the court at Gisborne on 1 September 1954 under section 438 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 and registered in the Land Registry Office at Gisborne under No 51869 in respect of part of the land described in subsection (2) of section 26
3: The order made by the court on 3 December 1883 under the provisions of the Native Land Court Act 1880 and the Native Land Division Act 1882 vesting part of the land described in subsection (2) of section 26