Te Heuheu Tukino v Aotea District Maori Land Board - [1939] NZLR 107

Natives and Native Land — Treaty of Waitangi — Cession of Rights by Native Owners — Compromise by Legislature of Difficulties arising out of Transactions between Native Owners and other Parties — Statutory Direction to Maori Land Board to pay in Discharge of Claims of a Company against Native Owners Sum approved by the Native Minister — Payment so authorized made by Statute a Charge upon the Lands of such Natives — Whether such Statutory Provision invalid by Treaty of Waitangi or New Zealand Constitution — New Zealand Constitution Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict c 72), ss 72, 73 — New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict, c 53), s 2 — New Zealand Provincial Government Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict c 48), s 8 — Statute Law Revision Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict, c 19), s 1 and Schedule — Native Land Act, 1873, s 4 — Native Purposes Act, 1935, s 14.