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Any whale washed up on the shore is the property of the Queen, so she can use its bones for her corset.
The head of said whale, however, belongs to the King. This law dates back to 1307. The original law read something along the lines of “The King shall have throughout the realm, whales and great sturgeons taken in the sea or elsewhere within the realm, except in certain places privileged by the King.”
If your land falls in an ideal area for a Waitemata-to-Manukau harbour canal, it may be confiscated.
Across Auckland. Using the Auckland and Manukau Canal Act, 1908, the Auckland Harbour Board can “purchase or take or otherwise acquire” land for the purpose of constructing a harbour-to-harbour canal. It can take the land “from time to time, either within or without the limits of its jurisdiction”.
All males over the age 14 must carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.
This was on the books until a massive 2012 “cleanup” of archaic laws.