Tutua Teone v Tipene - [1936] NZLR 642

Adoption of Children — Order — Oral Pronouncement given but Order not drawn up — Whether sufficient to constitute Valid Adoption — Natives and Native Land — Constituents of Valid Marriage of Natives — Adoption of Children Act, 1895, ss 4, 7 — Infants Act, 1908, ss 17, 21.