Piripi v Dix - [1918] NZLR 691

Native Land — Succession — Adaption according to Maori Custom — Application for Registration of Adoption — Not heard till after Passing of Native Land Act, 1909 — Minute approving — Order for Adoption as though under Act of 1909 — Validity — Whether Application could be proceeded with as Pending Proceeding — Whether Registration could be retrospective — Effect of Registration, if completed, on Right of Succession — Native Land Claims Adjustment and Lates Amendment Act, 1901, s 50 — Native Land Act, 109, ss 161–165, 433.