Arani v Public Trustee - [1918] NZLR 633

Will — Maori Testator — Adoption of European Children by Testator — Devise to Children named in Will but described as Adopted Children — Whether Davise effective — Power of Maori to devise to a European Lands alienable to European — Power of Maori before 1909 to adapt European Child — Adoption of Children Act, 1895 — Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901, s 50.