Maori Purposes Act 1971

1: Short Title
This Act may
be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1971. Amendments to Maori Affairs Act 1953
2: Appointment of general agent by transferee of shares
in Maori incorporation
Section 2 repealed 1 July 1993 362(2) Te Ture Whenua
Maori/Maori Land Act 1993
3: Status of Maori incorporation land on winding up
Section 3 repealed 10 October 1975 Maori Purposes Act 1975 Amendment to Maori Reserved Land Act 1955
4: Trust for Auckland and Onehunga Hostels Endowment
Section 89
d: the making of grants towards the provision
and maintenance (including the payment of existing debts) of any marae,
community centre, sports ground, or cultural centre, or other centre
of a similar nature, which in the Maori Trustee’s opinion is
or will be principally or substantially used by Maoris or the descendants
of Maoris. Amendments to Maori Trustee Act 1953
5: Payment by Maori Trustee to New Zealand Maori Council
Section 5 repealed 24 June 1996 Maori
Trustee Amendment Act 1996
6: Maori Trustee may bar small claims
The Maori Trustee
Act 1953 is hereby amended by inserting, after section 48
48A:
1: Where any
person claims, or the Maori Trustee believes a person may claim, to
recover from the Maori Trustee any money, chattels, or things under
$1,000 in value, as estimated by the Maori Trustee, and the Maori
Trustee rejects the claim or desires to reject the claim, the Maori
Trustee may serve upon the person by whom or on whose behalf the claim
is made, or may be made, a notice in writing calling up such person
to take legal proceedings within a period of 3 months to establish
or enforce the claim and also to prosecute the proceedings with all
due diligence.
2: If the proceedings are not commenced by such person within the said
period, the claim shall thereupon be barred, and the money, chattels,
or things shall become irrecoverable, and the Maori Trustee may proceed
to administer and distribute the estate disregarding the claim.
3: This section shall apply to every such claim, whether arising or
made before or after the commencement of this section, and whether
the claim is or may be made by any person as creditor or next of kin
or beneficiary or otherwise.
4: The powers given by this section shall be in addition to the powers
conferred by section 75 of the Trustee
Act 1956
7: Miscellaneous amendments to Maori Trustee Act 1953
The Maori Trustee Act 1953 section 7(1) Schedule Amendment to Maori Trust Boards Act 1955
8: Maori Trust Board may accept trusts
The Maori Trust
Boards Act 1955 is hereby amended by inserting, after section 24B section 3 of the Maori Trust Boards Amendment Act
1962
24C: Notwithstanding
anything in any other provision of this Act, a Board may accept and
hold or otherwise deal with any property upon trust for the benefit
of the Board’s beneficiaries or any of them or for the benefit
of any group of persons which includes any such beneficiaries. Any
property held by a Board pursuant to this section shall be dealt with
in accordance with the terms of the trust and shall not constitute
an asset of the Board for the general purposes of this Act. Amendments to Maori Welfare Act 1962
9: Direct representation of Maori Committee on District
Maori Council
The Maori Welfare
Act 1962 is hereby amended by inserting, after section 10
10A:
1: A District
Maori Council may at any time, by resolution, determine that a designated
Maori Committee shall have direct representation to the District Maori
Council and shall, in such case, fix the manner and extent of the
representation. Any such Maori Committee shall thereupon be subject
in all things to the control of the District Maori Council as if the
Council were a Maori Executive Committee, and the Council shall have
such of the powers of a Maori Executive Committee as the Council determines.
2: A determination under subsection (1) may at any time in like manner
be varied or revoked.
10: Maori Council Districts
1: Section 14
1: The New Zealand Maori Council may at any time by resolution declare
any specified part of New Zealand to be a Maori Council District for
the purposes of this Act and may assign a name by which the District
shall be known.
2: Section 14
4: The New Zealand Maori Council may at any time by resolution alter
the boundaries of any Maori Council district or amalgamate two or
more districts or constitute a new district over part of an existing
district, and may at the same time amend the name of any district
or assign a new name thereto.
11: Election of Maori Committees
Section 19
6: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or of any regulations
made under this Act, where the members of any Maori Committee (being
a committee revived after being in recess) will have been in office
for less than 6 months on the date fixed by this section for the election
of Maori Committees, no election of members of that Committee shall
be held on that date if the District Maori Council concerned has by
resolution determined that no such election be held and, in such case,
the members of that committee in office on that date shall continue
in office as if they had been elected on that date.