Hami Paihana v Tokerau District Maori Land Board - [1955] NZLR 314

Maoris and Maori Land — Maori Land Court — Jurisdiction — Determination that Party is or is not a Maori, where Material to Jurisdiction, Part of Res Judicanda — Record of Evidence in Minute-Book of Maori Land Court not Part of the "Record" of that Court — Maori Land Act, 1931, ss 27, 50, 106 (5) — Maori Purposes Act, 1939, s 3.