Maori Purposes Act 1952

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1952.
2: Provisions of Maori Land Act 1931 to apply to this Act
Words and expressions used in this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meaning as in the Maori Land Act 1931 principal Act
1: Amendment of laws
Part 1 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
3: Repeal of provisions of principal Act as to limitation of amount of land to be held by individuals
Section 3 repealed 1 April 1954 Maori Affairs Act 1953
4: Authorising Maori Trustee to transfer $10,000 to Ngarimu V.C. and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board
Section 4 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
5: Maori Trustee not required to furnish statement of accounts of Maori reserves with balance sheet
Section 5 repealed 1 April 1954 section 53(1) Māori Trustee Act 1953
6: Extension of terms of certain leases
Section 6 repealed 29 September 1954 section 77 Maori Vested Lands Administration Act 1954
2: Miscellaneous powers
Waikato-Maniapoto District
7: Provision as to establishment of Maori community hall in Pukekohe
Whereas it is desired to establish a Maori community hall in the Borough of Pukekohe: And whereas it is desired that a portion of the Crown land referred to in subsection (4) should be set apart as a Maori reservation for the common use of the Maoris resident in and around Pukekohe: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Upon application made to it in that behalf by the Minister of Maori Affairs, the court is hereby empowered and directed to make an order setting apart any portion of the land referred to in subsection (4) as a Maori reservation for the common use of the Maoris resident in and around Pukekohe as a meeting place, building site, recreation ground, or in any other manner that may be for their common use or benefit: provided that any order made by the court under this subsection shall have no force or effect until and unless it has been consented to by the Minister of Education.
2: Upon receipt of the order referred to in subsection (1) the District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland shall make all such entries in the register as may be necessary to give effect to the order.
3: The provisions of section 5
4: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as Lot 11 on Deposited Plan Number 6611, being part of Allotment Number 53 of Suburban Section Number 2, Parish of Pukekohe, Auckland Land District.
8: Revesting Te Aroha Maori Reserve in Maori owners
Whereas the land described in subsection (5) is vested in the Maori Trustee in trust for the persons whose names are set out in the report of the court referred to in subsection (1): And whereas it is desirable that the Maori Trustee should be discharged from the said trust and that the said land should be vested for an estate in fee simple in the persons beneficially entitled thereto: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Upon application made to it in that behalf by the Maori Trustee, the court is hereby empowered and directed to make an order vesting the said land for an estate in fee simple in the persons named in a report made by the court in respect of the said land and dated 26 September 1919, or the descendants or successors of those persons, as tenants in common in such shares as to the court seems just and equitable.
2: Upon the making of the order referred to in subsection (1) the Maori Trustee shall be deemed to have been discharged from his trust in respect of the said land, and the District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland shall issue a certificate of title for the said land in favour of the persons named in the said order and endorse on the certificate a memorial in accordance with subsection (4).
3: The said land, upon the issue of the certificate of title referred to in subsection (2), shall be deemed to be Maori freehold land.
4: There shall be reserved the right of Her Majesty the Queen to all minerals, mineral oil, gas, metals, coal, and valuable stone under the surface of the said land, and the right of ingress, egress, and regress to all persons lawfully authorised by Her Majesty, or under the authority of any statute, engaged in searching for or working any such minerals, mineral oil, gas, metal, coal, or stone, and the right of Her Majesty or any such authorised person to sink all necessary pits and shafts, and to make and erect all necessary erections, machinery, roads, and buildings, and other conveniences and things for any such purpose.
5: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All that parcel of land containing 799 acres 2 roods and 6 perches, more or less, being the land known as Sections 2 and 3, Block III, Aroha Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 353, folio 207, Auckland Registry.
9: Removing restriction against alienation of certain land in Waipipi district
Section 9 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956 Aotea District Heading repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
10: Conferring on Maori Land Court jurisdiction to apportion liabilities in respect of settlement of claims of Egmont Box Co., Ltd.
Section 10 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956 Tairawhiti District Heading repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
11: Ngatiporou Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., authorised to contribute to cost of memorial to late Sir Apirana Ngata
Section 11 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
12: Incorporation of owners of Ohuia Station
Section 12 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956 Ikaroa District Heading repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
13: Restoring condition of title to Tarawera and Tataraakina Blocks
Section 13 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956