Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Act
1988 No 229

An Act to establish the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board

[21 December 1988 ]

ANALYSIS
(List of Sections)

1. Short Title and commencement

2. Interpretation

3. Act to bind the Crown

4. Maniapoto Maori Trust Board constituted

5. Initial membership of Board

6. Membership of Board following elections

7. Te Mauri o Maniapoto

8. Regional Management Committees

9. Annual hui

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1.Short Title and commencement—

(1) This Act may be cited as the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Act 1988.

(2) This Act shall come into force on the 28th day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

2.Interpretation—

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

``Board'' means the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board constituted by section 4 of this Act:

``Regional Management Committee'' means a Regional Management Committee constituted under section 8 of this Act:

``Te Arikinui'' means the head of the Kahui Ariki for the time being recognised by the Tainui tribes:

``Te Mauri o Maniapoto'' means the council of elders appointed under section 7 of this Act.

3.Act to bind the Crown—

This Act shall bind the Crown.

4.Maniapoto Maori Trust Board constituted—

(1) There is hereby constituted a body corporate to be known as the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board, which shall be a Maori Trust Board within the meaning and for the purposes of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly.

(2) The beneficiaries of the Board shall be the members of the Maniapoto tribe and their descendants.

5.Initial membership of Board—

(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act, the Governor-General shall, on the recommendation of the Minister of Maori Affairs, appoint such number of persons not exceeding 14 as the Minister thinks fit to be the initial members of the Board.

(2) One of those members shall be appointed on the nomination, and to represent, Te Arikinui, and another of those members shall be appointed after consultation by the Minister with, and to represent, the kaumatua of the Maniapoto tribe.

(3) Each initial member of the Board (other than the 2 members referred to in subsection (2) of this section) shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed and comes into office under subsection (4) of this section.

(4) The Board shall cause to be prepared a roll containing the names and addresses of all adult beneficiaries of the Board, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the Board and the Secretary of the Board shall do everything necessary, in accordance with Part 3 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955, to hold an election of members of the Board.

6.Membership of Board following elections—

From the first election of members, the membership of the Board shall be as follows:

(a) Six members elected by the beneficiaries in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955:

(b) Six members elected by the Regional Management Committees in accordance with those regulations:
(c) One member, appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister and without election, nominated by and representing Te Arikinui:

(d) One member, appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister and without election, nominated by and representing Te Mauri o Maniapoto.

7. Te Mauri o Maniapoto—

(1) The Board shall from time to time, by resolution, appoint a council of elders to be known as Te Mauri o Maniapoto.

(2) The principal function of Te Mauri o Maniapoto shall be to advise the Board on matters involving tikanga, te reo, and kawa.

(3) Te Mauri o Maniapoto shall comprise the kaumatua of the Maniapoto tribe.

8.Regional Management Committees—

(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be such number of Regional Management Committees as is specified in regulations made under section 56 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955.

(2) Each Regional Management Committee shall comprise persons elected in accordance with those regulations to represent the various marae specified in the regulations.

(3) The Board shall have the same power to delegate any of its powers and duties to a Regional Management Committee as it has under section 20 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 in respect of Committees appointed by the Board under that section, and the provisions of that section shall apply with any necessary modifications.

(4) Sections 21 to 23 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 shall also apply with any necessary modifications to Regional Management Committees.

9. Annual hui—

(1) The Board shall in every year hold a hui at which it shall report on its activities and its plans for the future to the beneficiaries.

(2) Not later than 3 months before the date of the proposed hui in any year, the Secretary of the Board shall cause public notice to be given to the beneficiaries of the Board of the date and place of the proposed hui.

(3) Section 46(2) of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 shall apply to every public notice required to be given under subsection (2) of this section.