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1931. NEW ZEALAND.

NATIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT. STATEMENT BY THE HON. SIR APIRANA T . NGATA, NATIVE MINISTER.

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»?**■* 1931. Scales under various headings, on each scheme Plans also ITlZlff 8 the ex P endi ture, analysed comprehensive nature of the undertakings The reportis *! ** aS P ment.on an aspect, of land-settlement thatshouT \hl „7 > the lnform ation of Parasympathetic consideration. ° Uld be better understood and which deserves PRELIMINARY. subiett of f Nat^ knds that *-* ° f *• ment. This statement is concerned only with ? sue \ lands for European settlenecessary to include with Native lands-the Zl^2ofT P °V\ by the Maori - Jt *■ come into the possession or occupation o " SZkVr^LTT^T^ 17 - effective utilization exists. Maoris, m respect of which the same demand for COMMUNAL TITLE. the NivTttifs "jruya niK s she? if not insuperabie > was tbe - existed in a British community, was providedSth a JS E Such a title > if ** the pakeha : it was either held in S7 or deposed 0 f Wbch WM a com ™Aplace with *. Native Land Court, to respect the customs and usages <rf the BfaSTrSS to S 1 H Wn m Treaty ° f Waitan gi * Native Rights Act, 1862, which declared iht to *£* s t fegUarded the to have the titles to his lands determined according flu Clfcl f «*ip, but also his right constituted in 1865 to carry out that policy 7"* T g T- ■ , The °° Urt ™ s on Native custom the reduction of ascertained tribal £„ T 7° f Judlclal interpretation facts, which were recorded in o TdmTfo?X^ d^ml W^ d^tte to*M\o^ (1) n ::::: of indmuds thm **« »*>* ~— «**** » be ancestors through whom claims were set Sfr «bribes, or as between sissr the titK with - with -—— sAara, tile equivalent areamtuhecalculaZ «) 'X ™ mdmdwl ™ /«»»% off its as access and value. 9 calculated, subject M mut tim, to SWC A considerations (3) Detail m to sez, age, or disability, and guardianship branch of the Polynesian Lee" would reveHn iSSS ° f 6 * as the Ma ™ the factor of occupation at a recent period or a? Z T Tf™ 1 descendai >ts, subject only to occupation being warm." The last considera ion if I W ° Uld PU * *' " sub J ect to «»« %« of title for the new^of Bettlementtn8ettlementtnd C rii;S "** be tbe ba » d ~f the not jested the titles. B. it is r \ based « added ~**-^ Naive owners' powers of f ed «trirttaJS^ footing with their European fellow-citizens it ma \T™Ti 3 P -° IlCy ° f plaCm S tbem on problem became. maj be readll y appreciated how serious the Xf