(1) The Board shall consist of ten members to be appointed by the Governor-General, of whom—
(a) Five members (one of whom shall be a Maori or the descendant of a Maori and a member of the Ngatiraukawa Tribe, the Ngatiawa Tribe, or the Ngatitoa Tribe) shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Diocesan Trusts Board of the Diocese of Wellington established under Canon of the General Synod of the Church of England:
(4) The members of the Board shall come into office on the date on which their appointments take effect, and, unless their offices are sooner vacated, shall continue in office until their successors come into office. Retiring members of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment.
Section 4(1) was amended, as from 1 November 1946, by section 3(a) Otaki and Porirua Trusts Amendment Act 1946 (1946 No 4(P)) by substituting the word “ten”
for the word “eight”
.
Section 4(1)(a) was amended, as from 1 November 1946, by section 3(b) Otaki and Porirua Trusts Amendment Act 1946 (1946 No 4(P)) by substituting the words “Five members (one of whom shall be a Maori or the descendant of a Maori and a member of the Ngatiraukawa Tribe, the Ngatiawa Tribe, or the Ngatitoa Tribe)”
for the word “Four members”
.
Section 4(1)(b) was amended, as from 1 November 1946, by section 3(c) Otaki and Porirua Trusts Amendment Act 1946 (1946 No 4(P)) by substituting the word “Four”
for the word “Three”
.
Subsections 4(2) and (3) were repealed, as from 1 November 1946, by section 3(d) Otaki and Porirua Trusts Amendment Act 1946 (1946 No 4(P)).
The word “Maori”
was substituted, as from 27 November 1947, for the word “Native”
pursuant to section 9(1) Maori Purposes Act 1947 (1947 No 59).