WHEREAS a Commission was appointed on the thirteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to allocate areas of land among such Natives of the South Island as were discovered to be landless, and in pursuance of the report of the said Commission an Act intituled the South Island Landless Natives Act, 1906, was duly passed by Parliament to give effect to the recommendations contained therein: And whereas the said Commission in the course of its investigations ascertained that certain members of the Ngatimaru Tribe, in the Taranaki Land District, were without sufficient areas of land for the support of themselves and families, and recommended that they should receive the like treatment as those Natives of the South Island who were allotted land by the above-named Act:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows.—

1 Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Ngatimaru Landless Natives Act, 1907.

2 Crown land set apart to provide for certain landless Maoris.

(1.)

The Crown land described in the Second Schedule hereto is hereby set aside for the purpose of providing land for certain Maoris of the Ngatimaru Tribe whose names are set out in the First Schedule hereto and who are not possessed of sufficient land for their support

(2.)

The Governor may by Proclamation increase or reduce the said area so far as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.

3 Distribution of land among such Maoris.

Out of the Crown land so set aside each of the said Maoris shall be entitled to receive under the provisions of this Act a piece of land which is sufficient, together with the area of land (if any) already owned by him, to make up an area of fifty acres in the whole in the case of those persons mentioned in Part I of the said First Schedule, and twenty-five acres in the whole in the case of those mentioned in Part II of that Schedule.

4 Native Land Court to determine area already owned by each such Maori.

As soon as practicable after the passing of this Act the Native Land Court shall proceed to determine the area of land (if any) already owned by each of the said Maoris, and shall report thereupon to the Governor.

5 Area which each Maori entitled to receive to be published in Kahiti.

(1.)

On the receipt of the report of the Native Land Court, the area of Crown land which each of the said Maoris is entitled to receive under the provisions of this Act shall be published in the Kahiti.

(2.)

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Taranaki Land District shall thereupon select from the Crown land set aside as aforesaid the allotments so to be received by each of the said Maoris, and shall cause the said allotments to be duly surveyed.

6 Certificates of title to be issued.

The Governor may issue warrants for the issue of certificates of title under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1885, for the respective areas of Crown land allotted to the said Maoris in accordance with the last preceding section, and the said certificates of title shall be issued accordingly.

7 Restriction on alienation, &c.

(1.)

Except with the consent of the Governor in Council previously obtained, no land granted under the provisions of this Act shall be alienated, mortgaged, or charged, nor shall any lease thereof be granted which is for a longer period than twenty-one years, or which does not take effect in possession within six months from the date thereof.

(2.)

Every certificate of title issued under the authority of this Act shall contain provisions in accordance with this section.

8 Death of Maori before issue of certificate of title.

If, after the publication in the Kahiti in manner aforesaid of the areas of land to which the said Maoris are entitled, any of the said Maoris dies before a certificate of title has been issued to him in pursuance of this Act, his successors shall be entitled to receive the land that would otherwise have been received by him.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE Names of Maoris to whom this Act applies

Part I

Te Kapua Rangataua.	Wiremu Te Korohiti.
Kikirua Hoani.	Pare Taiaha.
Tohe Taua.	Taiaha Mauihera Hinehapua.
Te Uta Mate.	Ngataierua Kere.
Taura Patuone.	Tunganekore Hinehapua.
Te Tauhi Te Rangiwhatumata.	Te Hue Riwai.
Ngaki Piripi.	Tunga Te Hore.
Te Ratahi Tukau.	Wiki Topia.
Pohepohe Tukau.	Kuramaianga Turia.
Tutehourangi.	Kupuora Turia.
Turahae Wi Te Kowahiti.

Part II

Hora Haere.	Te Puata.
Hine Mokai.	Paki Te Ika.
Tamakehu Hiko.	Tapapa Hataraka.
Puti Te Ika.

SECOND SCHEDULE Land to be set aside

All that area of Crown land in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,281 acres, more or less, being Sections Nos. 6 and 7, Block XIV, Upper Waitara Survey District: bounded on the north and north-east generally by Native Reserve No. 10, Block XIV, Upper Waitara Survey District, the Waitara Valley Road, and the Matau Road, to the north-east corner of Section No. 14; thence by the northern boundary of the said Section No. 14 and also by Section No. 15 to the north-west corner of the said Section No. 15; towards the west and north-west generally by part of the eastern and northern boundary of Section No. 5 to the Waitara Valley Road; thence by the said Waitara Valley Road and a river-bank reserve along the eastern side of the Waitara River to the point of commencement:

And also all that area of Crown land in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 300 acres, more or less, being Section No. 33, Block II, Ngatimaru Survey District: bounded towards the north by the Whetu Road and Section No. 34, Block II, Ngatimaru Survey District; towards the east by the said Section No. 34; and towards the south and west generally by a road reserve, 100 links in width, along the east bank of the Waitara River to the starting-point:

As the above areas are delineated on the plan marked 29342/56, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Ngatimaru Landless Natives Act 1907