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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 69

SCHEDULE
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT

ALL that piece of land containing 2090 square metres, situated in Blocks IV and VIII, Heretaunga Survey District, being part Lot 23, Deeds Plan 133; as shown on plan S.O. 7169, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Napier, and thereon marked “A”.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand this 2nd day of August 1978.

W. L. YOUNG, Minister of Works and Development.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

(P.W. 53/371/0; Na. D.O. A.D. 7/11)

Declaring a Non-Elective Member of the Marlborough Catchment Board

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 3rd day of July 1978

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1948, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares the officer for the time being holding the office of Farm Advisory Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Blenheim, to be a non-elective member of the Marlborough Catchment Board, from and including the 23rd day of September 1978.

A. G. McLEOD, for Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 75/20)

Royal Commission on the Maori Courts

ELIZABETH the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith:

To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Right Honourable Sir THADDEUS PEARCEY McCARTHY, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, of Wellington, WHAKAARI TE RANGITAKUKU METEKINGI, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, of Rata, farmer, and MARCUS JOHN QUENTIN POOLE of Dannevirke, barrister and solicitor:

GREETING:

Know Ye that We, reposing trust and confidence in your integrity, knowledge, and ability, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint you, the said Right Honourable Sir THADDEUS PEARCEY McCARTHY, WHAKAARI TE RANGITAKUKU METEKINGI, and MARCUS JOHN QUENTIN POOLE to be a Commission to inquire into the structure and operation of the Maori Land Court and the Maori Appellate Court (in these presents referred to as the Maori Courts), and to report on what changes are necessary or desirable to secure the just, humane, prompt, efficient, and economical disposal of the business of the Maori Courts and to ensure the ready access of the Maori people and other claimants to those Courts for the determination of their rights now and in the future:

And, in particular, to inquire and report on:

1. Whether or not any part of the jurisdiction of either of the Maori Courts could be better exercised by some other Court or Tribunal, and whether or not the subject-matter of any part of that jurisdiction could be better dealt with otherwise than by a judicial body:

2. The qualifications for, the methods of appointment of, and the promotion of, Judges of the Maori Courts:

3. Whether and to what extent it is proper or desirable and practicable that Registrars of the Maori Courts perform judicial functions, and whether the appointment of appropriately qualified officers of the Maori Land Court to exercise subordinate judicial functions would be desirable, practicable, or convenient:

4. Whether and to what extent it is proper or desirable and practicable that Commissioners be appointed pursuant to

and in accordance with the present statutory provisions relating thereto, or on some other basis, to exercise any part of the jurisdiction of the Maori Courts:

5. The administrative procedures and the organisation and the management of the Maori Courts, including the places appointed and the frequency and times of sittings for the dispatch of business and the arrangement of the business thereof, and the provision of adequate and appropriate staff for servicing those Courts:

6. Whether and to what extent any part of the business of the Maori Courts could be dealt with more properly or conveniently ex parte, or otherwise than at a duly appointed and formal sitting of the Court, or without the necessity of notice to other parties:

7. The relationship between the Maori Courts and their staff with persons who attend the Courts (whether as applicants, parties, witnesses, or otherwise), and whether and to what extent changes in the facilities and administrative procedures of the Courts are necessary or desirable to improve that relationship and better meet the convenience of such persons:

8. The desirability or otherwise of parties being represented by counsel in every case or in any class of cases before either of the Maori Courts:

9. Any associated matters that may be thought by you to be relevant to the general objects of the inquiry:

And We hereby appoint you the said Right Honourable Sir Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy to be the Chairman of the said Commission:

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry or investigation under these presents in such manner and at such time and place as you think expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and so that these presents shall continue in force and any such inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from place to place:

And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to His Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of these presents or by His Excellency’s direction, the contents of any report so made or to be made by you or any evidence or information obtained by you in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred on you, except such evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open to the public:

And it is hereby declared that the powers hereby conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the absence at any time of any one or any two of the members hereby appointed so long as the Chairman or a member deputed by the Chairman to act in his stead, and two other members, are present and concur in the exercise of the powers:

And We do further ordain that you have liberty to report your proceedings and findings under this Our Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient to do so:

And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to His Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your hands, not later than the 31st day of December 1979, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof:

And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these presents are issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His Late Majesty King George the Fifth, dated the 11th day of May 1917, and under the authority of and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

In witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission to be issued and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington this 7th day of August 1978.

Witness The Right Honourable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Principal Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand.

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command—

R. D. MULDOON, Prime Minister.

Approved in Council—

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.