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1948 NEW ZEALAND

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PETITION No. 9 OF 1944, OF TURUHIRA HINETOIA AND ANOTHER, CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF THE SHARES AWARDED TO HIRIA IN THE MANGATU No. 1 BLOCK

Presented to Parliament in Pursuance of the Provisions of Section 13 of the Maori Purposes Act, 1944

Maori Land Court (Chief Judge's Office), P.O. Box 3006, Wellington C. 1, 15th July, 1948. Memorandum for the Right Hon. the Minister of Maori Affairs. Mangatu No. 1 Block Pursuant to section 13 of the Maori Purposes Act, 1944, T transmit the report of the Court on the claims and allegations contained in petition No. 9 of 1944, of Turuhira Hinetoia and another, concerning the division of shares awarded to Hiria in the Mangatu No. 1 Block. The petitioners seek to amend the allocation of shares awarded to the descendants of one Hiria by increasing the allocation to their mother and reducing the allocation to other members of the group. The Court has reported, after a full investigation, that in its opinion the petitioners have not established that there has been a wrong distribution of shares, and I recommend that no further action be taken in respect of the claims and allegations in the petition. D. G, B. Morison, Chief Judge.