Maori Purposes Act 1977

1: Short Title
This Act may
be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1977.
1: Amendments of 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: Board may accept money for incentive shares, etc.
The principal
Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 384
384A: Nothing in this
Part shall prevent the Board from receiving, from the Crown or from
any State agency or from any local authority or other body or organisation,
in respect of any area of land under its control, any money will be
made available to it in furtherance of any scheme or policy for the
assistance or encouragement of farming or pastoral operations or the
improvement of the land, whether the money is in the form of a grant,
or subsidy, or is to be repaid in any circumstances. The Board shall
have and may exercise all powers necessary for the acceptance, use,
and (where required) the repayment of any such money.
4: Transfer of Incorporation shares from administrators
Section 38(2) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act
1967 provided that, in the case
of a transfer of shares by the executor of the will or administrator
of the estate of a deceased shareholder, a share transfer may be registered
on the application of the executor or administrator notwithstanding
that it does not bear the signature of transferee.
5: Alteration of objects of Maori incorporations
The Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 section 28
28: Upon application
made to it by or on behalf of a Maori incorporation, the court may,
from time to time, redefine the objects for which the incorporation
was established, or add any other objects specified in or authorised
by section 27 provided that no application
shall be made to the court under this section except pursuant to a
resolution of a general meeting of shareholders.
6: Unclaimed dividends
Section 47(1) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act
1967
a: by adding to the definition of the term dividends ;
and also includes any money that, pursuant to section 15A(6) of the Maori Reserved Land Act 1955
b: by inserting in the definition of the
term Unclaimed dividends body corporate (including the Maori Trustee)
2: Miscellaneous amendments of Maori legislation
7: Eligibility for Maori Housing assistance
Section 2A section 9 5 3
8: Grants to Maori Trust Boards
1: The Maori Trust Boards Act 1955
a: by omitting from section 4(2) Six thousand pounds $18,000
b:
c: by omitting from section 9(2) five thousand pounds $15,000
d: by omitting from section 10(2) three thousand pounds $9,000
2: This section
shall be deemed to have come into force on 1 April 1977. Subsection (1)(b) repealed 15 November 1995 section 27(2)(a) Waikato
Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 See regulation 2
9: Waters comprising Lake Rotoaira redefined
1: Section 3 entry permit adjoining
waters forming part of the Lake
a: the Poutu inflow, being the water between
Lake Rotoaira and the Poutu Dam; and
b: the waters forming part of the Wairehu
Canal for a distance of approximately 685 metres from Lake Rotoaira
to the first hurdle; and
c: the waters between Lake Rotoaira and
the Tokaanu intake tunnel; and
d: the waters that from time to time cover
lands adjoining Lake Rotoaira resulting from any rise in the level
of the Lake .
2: The said section 3 Lake Rotoaira the
Lake
3: The said section 3 the said stream
4: Part 1
10: Entry on private land under water from Lake Rotoaira
Section 6 provided that, where the
waters of the Lake cover land adjoining Lake Rotoaira resulting from
a rise in the level of the Lake, every owner of such adjoining land
shall be deemed to have consented to entry on any portion of his land
that for the time being forms part of the Lake.