New Zealand Acts

MAORI PURPOSES ACT 1931 - SECT 18

18 Provisions relating to cession by Maori owners of certain lands near Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoehu, to be held by His Majesty in trust for scenic purposes

1 For the administration of the reserves ceded to His Majesty pursuant to section 33 of the Maori Land Amendment and Maori Land Claims Adjustment Act 1919 the Governor-General may, acting under the authority of section 13 of the Scenery Preservation Act 1908, appoint a special Board of Control, consisting of not less than 6 persons, of whom 5 shall be members of the Ngatipikiao Tribe.

2 Notwithstanding the cession to His Majesty, the former Maori owners thereof shall have at all times free right of access to any ancestral burial grounds that may be included therein, and shall also have the right to bury deceased Maori in any such burial grounds.

Note: 1919 No 43 s 33

History: Section 18 heading: amended, on 27 November 1947, pursuant to section 2 of the Maori Purposes Act 1947 (1947 No 59).   Section 18(1): amended, on 27 November 1947, pursuant to section 9(1)(d) of the Maori Purposes Act 1947 (1947 No 59).     Section 18(2): amended, on 27 November 1947, pursuant to section 2 of the Maori Purposes Act 1947 (1947 No 59).