Foster v Tokerau Maori Land Board - [1916] NZLR 1006

Native Land — Alienation — Grant to eight Natives — Land Transfer Title — Death of some Grantees — Appointment of Successors — More than ten Natives entitled — Succession Orders not registered — Vesting of Legal Estate in Maori Land Board — Board's Title not registered — Revesting of Land in Native Owners — Transfer by Successors of Interests — No Resolution of Assembled Native Owners — Refusal of Board to confirm Alienation — Mandamus — Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, Part I, ss 4, 5, 6, 8, 35, 36 — Native Land Act, 1909, ss 209 (1) (13), 220 (1) (h), 233 (1) (2), 234 (1) (2), 236, 237, 238, Part XVIII — Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, ss 8 (1) (d), 18 — Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, s 96 (1) (6) (7), 135.