WHEREAS—

• A. The Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Act 1988—

  • (a) Constitutes a body corporate to be known as the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board (“the Board”); and

  • (b) Provides—

    • (i) That the Board is a Maori Trust Board within the meaning and for the purposes of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955; and

    • (ii) That, subject to the provisions of the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Act 1988, the provisions of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 apply accordingly:

• B. The next election by beneficiaries of members of the Board should have been held in August 1996, but was held in October 1998, and the things required by the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 to be done in relation to the election of a Maori Trust Board were not done within the times specified by that Act:

• C. The Returning Officer appointed for the election should have been appointed by the Minister of Maori Affairs as required by section 52 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955:

• D. The Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Act 1988 also provides—

  • (a) That the membership of the Board must include members elected by Regional Management Committees in accordance with regulations made under section 56 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955; and

  • (b) That there must be such number of Regional Management Committees as is specified in those regulations; and

  • (c) That each Regional Management Committee must comprise persons elected in accordance with those regulations to represent the various marae specified in those regulations:

• E. The regulations required by the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Act 1988 have not been made under the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955, but the following Regional Management Committees have been established to represent various marae in the Maniapoto area:

  • (a) Hauauru ki Uta Regional Management Committee:

  • (b) Mokau ki Runga Regional Management Committee:

  • (c) Nehenehenui Regional Management Committee:

  • (d) Rereahu Regional Management Committee:

  • (e) Te Tokanganui-a-noho Regional Management Committee:

  • (f) Tuhua/Hikurangi Regional Management Committee:

• F. The Regional Management Committees have elected members of the Board to replace members whose terms of office expired in August 1996: