4 март 1891 г. - Rees–Carroll Commission - created

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Rees–Carroll Commission
The law became so complex, and dealings in land so confused and tainted by claims of dishonesty, that in 1891 the government set up a commission to enquire into ‘Native land law, the alienation of interests in Native land, and the Native Land Courts’.5 The commission was also asked to establish principles for the administration of Māori land that would promote settlement. It became known as the Rees–Carroll Commission after its commissioners, lawyer and politician William Lee Rees and Māori politician James Carroll.

The main remedies recommended by the commission were:

a Native Land Titles Court to enquire into incomplete Māori land transactions, and arbitrate and validate those that were fair and proper. This court could issue titles, except in cases where fraud or illegality was alleged. A separate Validation Court to investigate and determine disputed titles was set up and operated until 1909.
remodelling the Native Land Court to consist of a chief judge, five district judges and five district commissioners. Reports containing tribal and hapū boundaries and lists of owners for each block would be prepared before the block was considered by the court.
Few of the commission’s other recommendations were implemented, mainly because they were inconsistent with government policy to open up Māori land for European settlement.

Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/te-koti-whenua-maori-land-court/page-3

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