New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 64

Page 2645

✨ Port Limits and Boundaries



Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2645

*Name of Port. River and Smooth-water Limits. Extended and Partially Smooth Limits. Extreme River Limits.
Kaipara .. Inside the Heads, Kaipara Harbour Nil .. .. .. Nil.
Kawhia .. Inside the Heads, Kawhia Harbour ,, .. .. .. ,,
Lyttelton Between Lyttelton, Godley Head, and Port Levi Between Lyttelton, Le Bon’s Bay, and Kaiapoi. Fishing-vessels between Lyttelton and Motunau Island on the north, and between Lyttelton and Akaroa Harbour on the south Between Lyttelton, Akaroa, and Gore Bay.
Mahurangi Inside a right line drawn from the North Head to the north-west point of Horora Island, and from the south-west point of Horora Island to the South Head Inside a right line drawn from Hautapu Point, on the Coromandel Peninsula, to Shearer Rock, off Tiri Tiri Island, and thence to Tawharanui Point Nil.
Maketu .. Inside the Bar of the Turakina River Nil .. .. .. ,,
Manawatu Inside the Manawatu Heads .. ,, .. .. .. ,,
Manukau In the Manukau Harbour, not beyond Paratutai ,, .. .. .. ,,
Mangonui Inside Mangonui Heads .. In Doubtless Bay, inside a right line drawn from Knuckle Point to Flat Head ,,
Mercury Bay Within the River .. .. Inside a right line drawn from Karanga Point to Mahurangi Island ,,
Mokau .. Inside the Bar of the Mokau River Nil .. .. .. ,,
Molyneux Inside the Bar of the Molyneux River ,, .. .. .. ,,
Napier .. Within a radius of two miles seaward from Port Ahuriri Light at east side of entrance of inner Harbour Between Napier, Portland Island, and Cape Kidnappers Between Napier, Portland Island, and Cape Turnagain.
Nelson .. Inside Boulder Bank, Nelson Harbour Between Nelson, Astrolabe, and Croixelles Between Nelson, Massacre Bay, and Greville Harbour.
New Plymouth Inside the Breakwater .. Inside a right line drawn from a point two nautical miles to the westward of Paratutu to a point two miles to the westward of the entrance of the Waitara River; tugs, dredges, and hopper barges Between Waitara and Awakino.
Ngunguru Inside the Ngunguru Heads .. Not more than two miles from the Heads; towing only Nil.
Oamaru .. Inside the Breakwater .. Nil .. .. .. ,,
Opotiki .. Inside the Bar of the Opotiki River Not more than three miles outside the Bar Between Cape Runaway and Motiti Island.
Patea .. Inside the Bar of the Patea River Nil .. .. .. Nil.
Picton .. Between Picton, Long Island, and Tory Channel Between Picton and French Pass ,,
Porirua .. Nil .. .. .. Between Porirua Harbour and the Ohau River; fishing-boats ,,
Port Underwood Inside a right line drawn from Robertson Point to the southernmost point of Ocean Bay Between Port Underwood and Blenheim ,,
Preservation Inlet Inside a right line drawn from Cavern Head to the northernmost point of Coal Island produced to the land on the opposite shore Inside a right line drawn from Gulches Head to Puysegur Point ,,
Raglan .. Inside the Bar .. .. Nil .. .. .. ,,
Riverton Inside the Bar of the Jacobs River Inside a right line drawn from Howell’s Point to the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream ,,
Stewart Island* .. .. ..


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Definition of River, Extended River, and Extreme Limits for Ports (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 August 1913
Shipping and Seamen Act, Port limits, Marine Department, Restricted-limit steamships