Taranaki Māori Trust Board Order 2009
2009/118
Taranaki Māori Trust Board Order 2009
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 4th day of May 2009
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section 55 of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
Contents
Order
1 Title
This order is the Taranaki Māori Trust Board Order 2009.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.
3 Interpretation
In this order,—
Act means the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955
Board means the Taranaki Māori Trust Board.
4 Background
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(1) The term of office of the previous members of the Board expired on 8 March 1997.
(2) The Board held an election of new members that was completed on 26 September 2008.
(3) However, the election was irregular because the Board did not comply with the following procedural requirements for conducting an election under the Act:
(a) the requirement under section 46 to give notice calling for nominations for election not later than 4 months before the term of office of the previous members expired (nominations were instead called for on 3 December 2007):
(b) the requirements under sections 46 and 47 to give notice that the latest date by which nominations were to be lodged was the date 3 months before the term of office of the previous members expired (the date was instead notified as 26 September 2008):
(c) the requirement under section 49 to forward to the chief executive of Te Puni Kōkiri the names of the persons elected not later than 20 days before the term of office of the previous members expired (the names instead were forwarded on 13 October 2008).
5 Validation and appointment
Despite the irregularities specified in clause 4(3),—
(a) the 2008 election of members to the Board is, and has always been, valid; and
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(b) the persons elected are appointed as members of the Board for the period of 3 years starting on the commencement of this order, as follows:
(i) the person named in Part 1 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Atiawa tribe:
(ii) the person named in Part 2 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Ngāti Mutunga tribe:
(iii) the person named in Part 3 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Ngāti Maru tribe:
(iv) the person named in Part 4 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Ngāti Tama tribe:
(v) the person named in Part 5 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Ngāruahine tribe:
(vi) the person named in Part 6 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Ngāti Ruanui tribe:
(vii) the person named in Part 7 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Ngāti Taranaki tribe:
(viii) the person named in Part 8 of the Schedule is appointed to represent the Ngārauru tribe.
Schedule |
Part 1
Atiawa tribe
Kura Denness
Part 2
Ngāti Mutunga tribe
Hurimoana Haami
Part 3
Ngāti Maru tribe
Rowena Henry
Part 4
Ngāti Tama tribe
Stephen Taitoko White
Part 5
Ngāruahine tribe
Alison Hemara-Wahanui
Part 6
Ngāti Ruanui tribe
Huirangi Waikerepuru
Part 7
Ngāti Taranaki tribe
Milton Hohaia
Part 8
Ngārauru tribe
Mike Neho
Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order, which comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, validates the election of members to the Taranaki Māori Trust Board.
The members were elected to represent the beneficiaries of the following tribes on the Board: Atiawa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Tama, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Taranaki, and Ngārauru. The election was subject to the irregularities specified in clause 4(3).
The members are appointed for a term of 3 years starting on the commencement of this order.
Date of notification in Gazette: 7 May 2009.
This order is administered by Te Puni Kōkiri.