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\par The application to the Chief Justice deals with the proposed revocation of two orders made by the Land Court Division, the first on {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname date}{\xmlattr\xmlattrns0{\xmlattrname Month}{\xmlattrvalue 10}}{\xmlattr\xmlattrns0
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\par The Applicant in these proceedings is Metua Moeau and she succeeded to both Moeau and Taria above. It is Metua}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6845952 s application to have the1942}{
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 the Defendants are Ngametua and Taimau who were put in the title in 1942 and 1944 respectively.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6845952 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15691223 Mr Ingram on behalf of the Defendants and their successors claims that the Defendants are entitled to be included in the title ownership as successors and for that purpose has submitted a }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15691223\charrsid7809678 geneology}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15691223  showing the Defendants as successors to Tauariki who was a 
daughter of Rongo, one of the five children of Manava. The geneology produced by Mr Ingram shows Moeau and Taria as the two sons of Kape, a brother of Rongo. Mr Ingram submits that Kape and Rongo being brothers and two of the children of Manava, that his 
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 jurisdiction to make such an }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 Orde}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5272497 r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 
, especially in relation to the provisions of Section 428 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5272497 of the Cook Islands }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 rder made in 1905 is preserved by the provisions of Section 428. The Order in 1912 is not affected by that Section since the 1912 Court hearing was not an Investigation of
 Title but was rather a Succession Order. I have attached to this report a photostat of Minute Bo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8079653\charrsid9598527 ok Number 6, page 55, where it }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 states that
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 the Court is of the opinion that the proper successors to the deceased are Moeau and Taria.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 "}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 Section 450 of the Cook Islands Act 1915 makes provision for the r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9437196\charrsid9598527 evocation of S}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11366870\charrsid9598527 uccession Orders }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 made in error subject to any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15734544\charrsid9598527 
 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 interests that may have been acquired while the Succession Order }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11366870\charrsid9598527 was in force. The question here }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 now before the Court is whether the Order made in 1912 was an exclusive succession in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4733232\charrsid9598527 favour of Moe}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11366870\charrsid9598527 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4733232\charrsid9598527 u}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11366870\charrsid9598527  and Taria, that }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 is }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 excluding all the other Manava }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 
family, or whether t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 he other branches of that famil}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 
y were to be included or entitled to be included. What has actually happened in 1942 and 1944 is that applications have been lodged by Ngam}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3745271\charrsid9598527 e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 tua in 1942 and Taimau in 1944 for an amendment of this title }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 and for}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15734544\charrsid9598527  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 their respective names to be included in it. If the application had be}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 en made by way of revocation and/or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527  amendment to the original Succession Order and subsequentl}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 y an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527  Order had been made on that appli}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 
cation then it is unlikely that}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527  this application would have been broug}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 ht before the Court. However, }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 the 1942 and 1944 applications were for an amendment of the title}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 ;}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527  and the Order}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527  made by the Judge at that time}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527  }
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7085969\charrsid9598527 clearly states that the title be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid9598527 amended. The wording of the Order in part is as follows}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 :}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7417479 pon hearing the application and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074  the parties claiming to be interested it is hereby ordered that the title to the said land be and 
the same is hereby amended by adding the name of Ngametua f.a. for one half share of the block.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 An Order in exactly the same terms was sealed two years later in favour of Taimau.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2575402\charrsid11689074 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10047121 It is clear that the C}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 
ourt both in 1942 and 1944 was not entitled to entertain the application for an amendment of the title based on an Order o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10047121 n Investigation of Title dated }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 1905 an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10047121 d preserved by Section 428. If }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 
it was an application to amend the 1912 Succession Order and that as a result of the hearing the Court was intending to a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11404924 lter that 1912 Order, then the O}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 rders as sealed do not disclose that intention.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10047121\charrsid11689074 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 Counsel for the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8003310\charrsid11689074 Defendants}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 
 correctly summarises the position at the conclusion of his Supplementary Submissions when he states}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 :}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8003310 
\par 
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that the 1912 hearing was one for succession only. It was not a re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 investigation of ow}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 nership as was the case in 1905}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 ...}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 "}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 Mr Ingram then contended that Section 428 preserved the Defendants rights }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 "}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 to seek the revocation of the 1912 Order and substitution of the proper Succession Order.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 "}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074  This he says is what was intended to be done in 1942 and 1944.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid334310\charrsid11689074 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 I do not believe this Court can speculate as to what the Court in 1942 and 1944 intended in the face of a so clear}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid334310 ly worded Order }
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid334310 ... that the title to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074  the said land be and the same is hereby}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171  amended}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid334310 ...}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 .}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid334310\charrsid11689074 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 That Order clearly purported to amend the title}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 ;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 
 the Court had no jurisdiction to make such an Order}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8812171 ;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074  the Order cannot now be interpreted as an Orde}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13515641 r amending the 1912 Succession Or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 der.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3474776\charrsid11689074 
\par I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 t is my o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3474776 pinion that the Court in 1942 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 and 1944 }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3474776 erroneously assumed, as a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074  matter of law, that there was juri}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3474776 
sdiction to make such orders}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3474776  No such jurisdiction exists.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4013773\charrsid11689074 

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\par 8 March 1985}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5450882\charrsid5450882 
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