LEGISLATION NGA WHAKAMAHI MO NGA MONI KAHORE I TE KEREMETIA Kei te tino maha inaianei nga nini a te iwi Maori kei te peheatia nga moni e takoto noa iho ana i nga ringa o nga Poari Whenua Maori i te wa e tu ana aua Poari, me nga moni i te ringa o te Kai-Tiaki Maori, a kahore ano i keremetia e te hunga e tika ana ki aua moni, i kereemetia e te hunga e tika ana ki aua moni. pera i raro i te here kai-tiaki, a kahore tonu he mana inaianei hei whakamahi i aua moni i tetahi atu ahua. Kua oti te hunga i te Paremata he ture e taea ai te whakamahi i aua moni, a i te mea hoki keahore e taea te utu ki te hunga na ratou aua moni, a tera e ahei kia whakapaua inaianei aua moni ki roto i te takiwa i hua ake nei aua moni hei painga mo te katoa o nga Maori o taua takiwa. I raro i taua ture kua whakaritea te huarahi e utua ai aua moni ki nga Ropu Awhina Take Maori me era atu ropu o roto i taua takiwa e kimi ana i te ora, engari tera ano kei te mau tonu te mana me te huarahi e ahei ai te hunga e whai take ana ki aua moni ki te whakatakoto i a ratou kereeme. Ko te Ture Kai-Tiaki Maori, 1953, e whakatopu ana i te katoa o nga ture e pa ana ki te kai-tiaki Maori, a pera hoki i te Ture mo nga Take Maori whanui a te I o Aperira, 1954, timata ai nga tikanga o taua Ture. Ko taua Ture e pa ana ki te kaupapatanga, ki nga kaute, ki nga mana tuku moni me era atu mana o te kai-tiaki Maori, engari tera atu te tekiona hou e tino pa nui ki nga whakahaere a te Kai-Tiaki Maori, ara Tekiona 30. Kei te Kai-Tiaki Maori e pupuri ana etahi moni nui whakaharahara ma te iwi Maori kahore nei ano i whakatakoto kereeme ki aua moni. He whenua te putake tuturu o aua moni USES FOR UNCLAIMED MONEYS? There have been many inquiries from the Maori people as to what happens to moneys, held by the former Maori Land Boards and the Maori Trustee, which remain unclaimed by the persons for whom they are held. Up till the present time moneys of this kind have been retained in trust, and no power has existed to deal with them in any other way. Parliament has now made it possible for these unclaimed moneys, since they cannot be paid to the persons entitled, to be used within the district from which they arose, for the good of Maoris generally. The legislation provides for payment of unclaimed moneys to Maori organisations and other bodies in the district for purposes of benefit, without at the same time taking away the rights of anyone who later establishes a personal claim to any part of them. The Maori Trustee Act, 1953, consolidates the general law relating to the Maori Trustee, and, like the Maori Affairs Act, comes into force on April 1, 1954. It deals mainly with the constitution, accounts, lending powers and so on of the Maori Trustee, but there is one new section of great importance — Section 30. The Maori Trustee holds substantial amounts of money to the credit of Maoris who have never made any claim to it. This money is mainly from land—rents, purchase money, royalties and compensation. Some has been held for twenty years or longer without claim. A good part of it came to the Maori Trustee from the former Maori Land Boards. No doubt many of the persons for whom these moneys are held are dead, and their relatives do not know of the moneys. Others are known by different names, or have moved right away from