This Act, consisting of 15 sections and one Schedule, provides for certain endowments of dry harbour land to be revested in the Crown or reserved for certain purposes, and to amend certain enactments. Section 4 empowers the Governor-General to declare specified lands vested in local authorities…

This Act governs the alienation, development, classification and leasing of Crown lands and is divided into 13 Parts and 2 Schedules as follows: General administration (I); Surveys (II); Purchase and development of land (III); Classification and alienation of Crown land (IV); Leases and licences…

This Act, consisting of 5 Parts and three Schedules, provides for the following aspects of forestry assets: management of the Crown’s forest assets; the transfer of those assets while at the same time protecting the claims of Maori under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; in the case of successful…

An Act to provide for the closer settlement of farmland, for the acquisition of farmland that is, or, when subdivided and developed, will be, capable of substantially increased production, to prevent the undue aggregation of farmland, and to require that, for a period of 3 years from the passing…

The amendments concern crown easements over Crown land and special leases that may limit or exclude trespass rights. Further amendments concern bringing down of interests and cancel restrictions on acquisition of land.
Amends: Land Act 1948 (No. 64 of 1948). (2013-12-18)

This Act amends the Tokelau Act 1948 with respect to the administration of Tokelau as a non-self-governing territory under the Charter of the United Nations. It defines responsibilities of New Zealand and elders of Tokelau. The Act:(a) confers on the General Fono a power to make Rules for…

This Act amends the Tokelau Act 1948 with respect to legal proceedings and makes consequential amendments to the Tokelau (Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone) Act 1977; the Tokelau Crimes Regulations 1975; the Tokelau (New Zealand Laws) Regulations 1975; the Chattels Transfer Act in…

This Act, consisting of 13 Parts and eight Schedules, is a piece of basic legislation on land law covering all aspects of the registration and transfer of title to land. Land is defined as including "messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, of every kind and…

The aim of this Act, consisting of 6 Parts and 3 Schedules, is to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration of the lands comprised in Maori reserves, West Coast settlement reserves, and Maori townships, and to make provision in respect of certain other lands administered by…

This Act extensively amends the principal Act. It is composed of 13 Parts, divided into 79 sections, entitled as follows: Interpretation and application (I); Purpose and principles (II); Duties and restrictions under this Act (III); Functions, powers and duties of central and local government (…

This Act amends the Tokelau Act 1948 by repealing the definition of "Tokelau" and by making consequential amendments regarding instutions to the principal Act and the Maori and Island Affairs Department Act 1968.
Amends: Tokelau Act 1948 (No. 24). (1948)

This Act amends the Tokelau Act 1948 with respect to matters of legitimacy of the right of inheritance. The provisions of legitimacy: (a) insofar as it affects wills, shall have effect only in relation to the wills of testators who die after the passing of this Act; and (b) insofar as it affects…