Hira Tamati v District Land Registrar - [1957] NZLR 231

Land Transfer — Prescriptive Title claimed — Crown Grant of Land to Maoris, on Commutation of Native Title, since commencement of Land Transfer Act 1885 — No Maori Owner exercising Rights of Ownership for Sixty Years thereafter — Such Land subject to Land Transfer Legislation, notwithstanding Crown Grant purporting to be ante-vestad to Date before Land Registration District constituted — Land Transfer Act 1885, ss 10, 11, 17 — Land Transfer Act 1952, s 10 (a).