Public Notice of Application That Land or Interest in Land be No Longer Subject to Resumption
This notice concerns land at 43 McKay Crescent, Dargaville, and Māori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
The land at 43 McKay Crescent, Dargaville, is described in legal terms as Lot 88 DP 64614 and comprised in Certificate of Title NA80D/111 (North Auckland Land Registry).
The land was once owned by the Crown. It was transferred to a State enterprise under section 23 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986.
There is a special notice of “memorial” on the certificate of title for the land which provides that, if the Waitangi Tribunal so recommends, the land shall be resumed by the Crown and returned to Māori ownership (see sections 27A and 27B of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986, sections 212 and 213 of the Education Act 1989 or section 39 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990).
The current owner of the land, SUSAN MARY CRUMP, has applied to the Waitangi Tribunal to have this memorial removed.
The application has been made under section 8D of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
ANY MĀORI PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT THEY, OR ANY GROUP TO WHICH THEY BELONG, HAS A CLAIM TO MAKE TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL ABOUT THIS LAND SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR CLAIM TO THE TRIBUNAL BEFORE 11 MARCH 2015.
Section 6 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 sets out the grounds for making a claim.
Under section 6AA of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, only new contemporary claims may now be submitted to the Waitangi Tribunal.
The tribunal has no jurisdiction to enquire into new historical claims submitted after 1 September 2008.
Claims should be posted to The Registrar, Waitangi Tribunal, DX SX11237, Wellington 6145, or delivered to The Registrar, Waitangi Tribunal, Level 7, 141 The Terrace, Wellington 6011.
The following claims have already been submitted to the Tribunal and may relate to this land:
| Wai 697 | Te Kopuru Hospital (Maungarongo) Claim |
| Wai 271 | Pouto Peninsula Claim |
| Wai 985 | Hokianga Regional Lands Claim |
| Wai 121 | Ngati Whatua Lands and Fisheries Claim |
| Wai 1445 | Pumuka Pa and Lands Claim |
| Wai 250 | Hokianga Fisheries Claim |
| Wai 38 | Te Roroa Claim |
| Wai 188 | Opanake and Other Lands Claim |
| Wai 632 | Te Kopuru and Aratapu Blocks Claim |
| Wai 303 | Te Runanga o Ngati Whatua Claim |
| Wai 313 | Waimamaku Land Claim |
| Wai 549 | Ngapuhi Land and Resources Claim |
| Wai 719 | Kaipara Land and Resources (Pirika Ngai Whanau) Claim |
If no claim about this land is made to the Waitangi Tribunal before 11 March 2015, the tribunal may recommend that the land be no longer subject to resumption by the Crown and be returned to Māori.
Dated at Dargaville this 2nd day of December 2014.
Inserted by:
AMANDA MARY CHARLOTTE MATICH, Solicitor for the Applicants, P.A.G Law Limited, PO Box 38, Dargaville 0310.