Miss Dewe OKAINS BAY MAORI AND COLONIAL MUSEUM BILL [PRIVATE] ANALYSIS Title Preamble 11. Contracts by Board 1. Short Title 12. Powers of Board 2. Interpretation 13. Purposes declared charitable 3. Constitution of Board 14. Refund of expenditure to Board 4. Membership of Board members 5. Appointment of members of Board 15. Books of account 6. Term of ofoce of members of the 16. Annual financial report Board 17. Exemption of Board members from 7. Meetings of Board personal liability 8. Committees 18. Powers and duties of the Trustees 9. Chairman of committees 19. Museum to be held by Board 10. Procedure ar meetings of Board 20. Wishes of the Founder and committees 21. Private Act A BILL INTITULED An Act to incorporate tile Board of Control of the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum WHEREAS MURRAY THACKER of Okains Bay, Farmer, 5 pursuant to a Deed of Trust bearing date the 5th day of February 1977 made between the said MURRAY THACKER as Founder and the said MURRAY THACKER, his wife MARLENE MAvIs THAcKER of Okains Bay, ALEXANDER JAMES BOLEYN of Okains Bay, Farmer, FANCIS TE01>IE PATAKI ROBINSON 10 of Little River, ENOKA MuNRo of .Christchurch, Educa- No. 4-1 Price 206 2 Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum tion Adviser, ROBERT PARKER of Christchurch, Plumber, BARRY JAMES ERIC BRAILSFORD of Sumner, Christchurch, Lecturer, ANTHONY COLIN EARL of Little Akaloa, Farmer, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD BODKIN THACKER of Okains Bay, Farmer, JENIFER LILIAN INWOOD of Le Bons Bay, Married 5 Woman, WESTON ARMSTRONG SHUTTLEWORTH of Akaroa, Exchange Operator, RALPH JENKINS of Port Levy, Farmer, and MERVYN CARRIC BUTLER of Christchurch, as Trustees, has transferred to the said Trustees certain land situated as Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, comprising 1 acre, 10 more or less, being part Rural Section 359 and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title Volume 404, Folio 212 (Limited as to parcels) (Canter- bury Land Registry), together with the buildings and other improvements and his collection of Maori curios, artifacts 15 and antiquities and Colonial and European antiques and articles of historical interest (all hereinafter, together with any additions thereto, called "the said exhibits") that are housed in the buildings erected on the said land: AND WHEREAS by the said Deed of Trust the Trustees 20 were directed to hold the said land buildings and exhibits upon trust in perpetuity as a museum at Okains Bay afore- said to house and display the said exhibits and all additions thereto for the benefit of the public of New Zealand in accordance with the said Deed of Trust and subject to the 25 powers and provisions therein contained: AND WHEREAS the Trustees were directed by the said Deed of Trust to take forthwith all necessary steps to introduce and obtain the passing of a private Act of Parliament having for its objects the constitution of a Board of Control to 30 administer and control the said museum and the transfer thereto of the said land, buildings, and exhibits: AND WHEREAS, although it may be possible for the objects of this Act to be attained otherwise than by legislation, it is the wish of the said Murray Thacker and the Trustees under 35 the said Deed of Trust be achieved, and it is his and their belief that the objects of this Act ( and in particular the constitution of the appointment of members of the Board) ran be more satisfactorily achieved, by the passing of this Act: 40 BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same, as follows: Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum 3 1. Short Title-This Act may be cited as the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum Act 1978. 2. Interpretation-In this Act, unless the context other- wise requires,- 5 "Board" means the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum Board constituted under this Act: "Museum" means the said land, buildings, and exhibits to be held by the Board under section 18 of this Act: "Trustees" means the Trustees for the time being of the 10 said Deed of Trust. 3. Constitution of Board-(1) There is hereby constituted for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be called the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum Board. ( 2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual 15 succession and a common seal, and shall be capable of holding real and personal property, and of suing and being sued, and of doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may do and suffer. 4. Membership of Board-The members of the Board shall 20 be permanent residents of the Provincial District of Canter- bury appointed or elected as follows: ( a) The said Murray Thacker or such member of his own family as he shall in writing appoint in his place during his life or, in the event of his death, he shall 25 appoint by will or, in default of such appointment, his personal representatives shall appoint after his death in his place. After the death of the said Murray Thacker and such other member of his family so appointed a member of the Thacker 30 family shall be appointed by members of the Thacker family so entitled to participate in such appointment in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of section 5 of this Act: (b) Marlene Mavis Thacker the wife of the said Murray 35 Thacker or such member of the said Murray Thacker's own family as she shall in writing appoint in her place during her life or, in the event of her death, she shall appoint by will or, in default of any such appointment, her personal representa- 40 tives shall appoint after her death in her place. After the death of the said Marlene Mavis Thacker 4 Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum and such other member of the Thacker family so appointed a member of the Thacker family shall be appointed by members of the Thacker family so entitled to participate in such appointment in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3)of 5 section 5 of this Act: (c) The Local Riding member for the time being for the Okains Bay Riding of the Akaroa County Council (or if there is no such riding) a member appointed by the local body or bodies for the time being 10 administering the area at present administered by the Akaroa County Council: (d) One Maori member from Banks Peninsula residing within one of the following counties, namely, Akaroa, Wairewa, and Mount Herbert, the first 15 such member to be Francis Teone Pataki Robinson of Little River and subsequent such members to be appointed by the Minister of Maori Affairs: (e) One Maori member for the remaining area of the Provincial District of Canterbury, the first such 20 member to be Enoka Munro of Christchurch, and subsequent such members to be appointed by the Minister of Maori Affairs: (f) A member to represent the New Zealand Antique Arms Association ( Incorporated), the first such 25 member to be Robert Parker of Christchurch, and subsequent such members to be appointed by that Association: (g) A member to represent the New Zealand Archaeo- logical Association ( Incorporated), the first such 30 member to be Barry James Eric Brailsford of Sumner, Christchurch, and subsequent such mem- bers to be appointed by that Association: (h) For the first period of 3 years after the passing of this Act Anthony Colin Earl of Little Akaloa, being a 35 resident in the Little Akaloa section of the Okains Bay Riding of the Akaroa County, and thereafter one member, being a resident in the said Little Akaloa section of the Okains Bay Riding, elected by those persons for the time being on the Akaroa 40 County Electoral Roll resident in the said Little Akaloa section of the Okains Bay Riding who Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum 5 notify their intention to vote in such election to the Board in accordance with subsection (2) of section 5 of this Act: (i) For the first period of 3 years after the passing of this 5 Act Christopher Richard Bodkin Thacker of Okains Bay, being a resident in the Okains section of the Okains Bay Riding of the Akaroa County, and thereafter one member, being a resident in the said Okains section of the Okains Bay Riding elected 10 by those persons for the time being on the Akaroa County Electoral Roll resident in the said Okains section of the Okains Bay Riding who notify their intention to vote in such election to the Board in accordance with subsection (2) of section 5 of this 15 Act: ( j) For the first period of 3 years after the passing of this Act Jenifer Lilian Inwood of Le Bons Bay, being a resident in the Le Bons Bay Riding of the Akaroa County, and thereafter one member, being a resi- 20 dent in the said Le Bons Bay Riding elected by those persons for the time being on the Akaroa County Electoral Roll resident in the said Le Bons Bay Riding who notify their intention to vote in such election to the Board in accordance with 25 subsection (2) of section 5 of this Act: (k) For the first period of 3 years after the passing of this Act Weston Armstrong Shuttleworth of Akaroa, being a resident in the Akaroa County Town, and thereafter one member, being a resident of either 30 the said Akaroa County Town or any Riding of the Akaroa County bordering on the Akaroa Harbour elected by those persons for the time being on the Akaroa County Electoral Roll resident in the said Akaroa County Town or any such ridings who 35 notify their intention to vote in such election to the Board in accordance with subsection (2) of section 5 of this Act: (1) For the first period of 3 years after the passing of this Act Ralph Jenkins of Port Levy, being a resident in 40 the Port Levy Riding of the Mount Herbert County, and thereafter one member, being a resi- dent in either the said Port Levy Riding or the Pigeon Bay Riding of the Akaroa County elected by those persons on the Akaroa County Electoral 6 Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum Roll resident in the said Pigeon Bay Riding of the Akaroa County and the said Port Levy Riding of the Mount Herbert County who notify their inten- tion to vote in such election in accordance with subsection (2) of section 5 of this Act: 5 (m) A person to represent the Canterbury Education Board, the first such member being Mervyn Carric Butler of Christchurch, and subsequent such members to be appointed by that Board.