Moananui v Cape Kidnappers Station Limited - Rangaika Native Reserve (2014) 31 Takitimu MB 179 (31 TKT 179) [pdf, 268 KB]
...to properly determine those beneficially entitled with their relative shares. 5.5. In an internal memorandum to then Registrar Shane Gibbons, Warren Alcock suggests that it is possible the land could be customary land because when the title was investigated the certificate of title was not forwarded to the Governor as required by the Native Land Act 1865, but notes that it would be necessary to ascertain the date of sale as this evidence would determine the legality of the alienati...