Māori Affairs By-laws and Declarations




  1. (1) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained the
    Minister of Maori Affairs after consulting the Tribal Executive may,
    if satisfied that any burial-ground is of great antiquity and that
    nothing is known of the identity of the persons whose remains have
    been deposited therein and that it is in the interests of science so to
    do, give written permission to any recognized scientific body to
    carry on archaeological operations in such burial-ground, subject to
    such conditions or restrictions as he shall think fit.

(2) So long as the conditions and restrictions under which
such permission is granted shall be complied with the provisions
of section 50 of this by-law shall not be applicable to the scientific
body to whom such permission is granted or to its authorized
agents.

(3) The Minister of Maori Affairs may at any time revoke any
permission given in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Any person who fails to observe any condition or restriction
under which any such permission is given as aforesaid shall be liable
to a fine not exceeding £20.

PENAL

  1. Proceedings in respect of any breach of this by-law
    committed in a Maori village shall be commenced and continued
    in the manner prescribed by section 47 of the Act.

SAVING CLAUSE

  1. If, in the opinion of the Tribal Executive, a full com-
    pliance with any part of this by-law, or any provision hereof, would
    needlessly or injuriously affect the course and operation of business
    or be attended with great loss and inconvenience to any person
    without a corresponding benefit to the community, the Tribal
    Executive may in the Tribal Committee Areas, as gazetted under
    the Act, of Ohinemutu, Tarewa, and Whakarewarewa, on special
    application, waive the strict observance of any provision or modify
    the same, provided that such other terms and conditions as the
    Tribal Executive may impose shall be complied with by the
    applicant. This power of waiver is in addition to and not in sub-
    stitution for the general power of waiver contained in section 429
    of the Rotorua Borough By-law No. 2.

SCHEDULE
Form No. 1

Billiard Licence

Know all men that ........., of ........., is duly licensed to
keep a billiard-room at ........., for twelve months from the
date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the Tribal
Executive.

Signed by the Chairman of the Tribal Executive for the Rotorua
Borough Tribal District, the ......... day of ........., 19...

Chairman of the Tribal Executive.

Form No. 2

Licence to Sell Goods

Know all men that ......... is duly licensed to sell goods
within the ......... Maori Village for twelve months from the
date hereof.

Signed by the Chairman of the Tribal Executive of the Rotorua
Borough Tribal District, the ......... day of ......... 19...

Chairman of the Tribal Executive.

Form No. 3

Hawker's Licence

Know all men that ........., a hawker, is duly licensed to
sell goods in the Maori villages in the Rotorua Borough Tribal
District for twelve months from the date hereof.

Signed by the Chairman of the Tribal Executive for the Rotorua
Borough Tribal District, the ......... day of ........., 19...

Chairman of the Tribal Executive.

The foregoing by-laws were duly made by the Rotorua Borough
Tribal Executive by a resolution passed at a meeting of the said
Tribal Executive held at Rotorua on the 26th day of February,
1948.

The common seal of the Rotorua Borough Tribal Executive
was hereunto affixed pursuant to a resolution of the said Tribal
Executive in the presence of—

[L.S.]

A. F. MONCUR, Member.
G. R. E. DAY, Member.

Declaring Parts of the Westland Tribal District to be a Tribal Com-
mittee Area Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement
Act, 1945

PURSUANT to section 14 of the Maori Social and Economic
Advancement Act, 1945, I, Peter Fraser, Minister of Maori
Affairs, do hereby declare the parts of the Westland Tribal District
described in the Schedule hereto to be a tribal committee area for
the purposes of the said Act, and do hereby assign to the said area
the name “Arahura Tribal Committee Area.”

SCHEDULE

ARAHURA TRIBAL COMMITTEE AREA

ALL that area comprising the County of Westland as described in
New Zealand Gazette of 1925 at page 1923, the Borough of Hokitika
as described in New Zealand Gazette of 1925 at page 1923, the
Borough of Kumara as described in New Zealand Gazette of 1877 at
page 763, and the Borough of Ross as described in New Zealand
Gazette of 1882 at page 128.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of January, 1949.

W. NASH,
For the Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 35/58/1.)

Declaring Parts of a Tribal District to be Tribal Committee Areas
Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945

PURSUANT to section 14 of the Maori Social and Economic
Advancement Act, 1945, I, Peter Fraser, Minister of Maori
Affairs, do hereby declare the parts of the tribal district described in
the Schedule hereto to be tribal committee areas for the purposes of
the said Act, and do hereby assign to each of the several areas the
name appearing at the head of the description of each such area.

SCHEDULE

MARLBOROUGH-KAIKOURA TRIBAL DISTRICT

Arapawa Tribal Committee Area

ALL that area bounded by a line commencing at the eastern end of
the southern boundary of Block VIII, Cloudy Bay Survey District ;
thence north-westerly along a right line to Mount Duncan in
Block XIV, Linkwater Survey District; thence northerly along a
right line to Mount Oliver in Block VI, Linkwater Survey District;
thence north-easterly along a right line to Cape Jackson and the
production of this line to meridian of longitude 174° 30' east; thence
due south along that meridian to a point due east of the eastern
end of the southern boundary of Block VIII, Cloudy Bay Survey
District ; thence due west along a right line to that point, being
the point of commencement.

Wairau Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at a point on the
sea-coast at Pukerau Point; thence along a right line running due
north to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 40° 30' south;
thence due east along that parallel of latitude to a point due north
of Cape Jackson; thence due south along a right line to Cape
Jackson; thence south-westerly along a right line to Mount Oliver
in Block VI, Linkwater Survey District; thence southerly along a
right line to Mount Duncan in Block XIV, Linkwater Survey
District; thence south-easterly along a right line to the eastern
end of the southern boundary of Block VIII, Cloudy Bay Survey
District; thence southerly generally along the sea-coast to a point
in the middle of the mouth of the Clarence River; thence south-
westerly generally up the middle of that river to its confluence with
the Acheron River; thence northerly generally up the middle of
the Acheron River and the middle of the Guide River to its source
and along a right line to Barefell Pass; thence north-westerly
along a right line to Trig. Station Top No. 2; thence north-easterly
generally along a right line to Ward Pass, along the summit of the
range being the northern watershed of the Wairau River to Slaty
Peak at the source of the Pelorus River, down the middle of the
said Pelorus River to the Heringa River, up the middle of the
Heringa River to its source at Trig. Station B, Saddle Hill, along
the summit of the north-western watershed of the Pelorus River to
South Castor Peak; thence northerly along a right line to Pukerau
Point, being the point of commencement, excepting therefrom
D’Urville Island and its adjacent islands.

Kaikoura Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at a point in the
middle of the mouth of the Clarence River; thence south-westerly
to and along the sea-coast to the middle of the mouth of the Waipara
River; thence north-westerly generally up the middle of that river
and its south branch to its source; thence north-westerly along a
right line to Block Hill and a right line to Ashley Head; thence
northerly following the top of the ranges to Esk Head, and from
thence westerly and north-westerly along the top of the Dampier
Range and the Snowy Ranges to the summit of the Southern Alps;
thence north-easterly generally along the summit of the Main Divide
and the Spenser and St. Arnaud Ranges to Trig. Station Top No. 2,
being a point on the boundary of the Wairau Tribal Committee
Area hereinbefore described; thence south-easterly and north-
easterly generally along that boundary to a point in the middle of
the Clarence River, being the point of commencement.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of January, 1949.

W. NASH,
For the Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 35/57/1.)



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🪶 Rotorua Borough Tribal Executive By-law No. 1, 1948 (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
By-law, Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, Rotorua Borough Tribal Executive, Health, Buildings, Animals, Recreation-grounds, Billiard-rooms, Gambling, Sale of Goods, Meetings, Traffic, Protection of Burial-grounds
  • A. F. Moncur, Member
  • G. R. E. Day, Member

🪶 Declaration of Arahura Tribal Committee Area

🪶 Māori Affairs
13 January 1949
Tribal Committee Area, Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, Westland Tribal District, Arahura
  • Peter Fraser, Minister of Maori Affairs
  • W. Nash, For the Minister of Maori Affairs

🪶 Declaration of Marlborough-Kaikoura Tribal Committee Areas

🪶 Māori Affairs
13 January 1949
Tribal Committee Areas, Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, Marlborough-Kaikoura Tribal District, Arapawa, Wairau, Kaikoura
  • Peter Fraser, Minister of Maori Affairs
  • W. Nash, For the Minister of Maori Affairs