Land Proclamations




possession of the Crown, as being Crown land free from the
Native customary title:
And whereas the said land is vested in His Majesty, the
King: |
Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of
Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
do hereby, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me
by section eighty-five of the Native Land Act, 1909, proclaim
and declare that the said Waerou Block, as described in the
Schedule hereto, is free from Native customary title.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Auckland District, containing by ad-
measurement 47 acres 2 roods, more or less, being called or
known as the Waerou Block. Bounded towards the north
by the road forming the southern boundary of Section 68
Block X, Mangamuka Survey District; towards the east
by the road running along the western side of the Wairupe
Creek; towards the south by Section 10, Block X aforesaid;
and towards the west by the road forming the western bound-
ary of the said Block X. As the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan numbered 7933, deposited in the
office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Govern-
ment House at Wellington, this first day of Sep-
tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land at Prebbleton taken for the Purposes of the
Hurunui-Waitaki Railway (Branch from the Racecourse
to Southbridge, with a Sub-branch to Little River, and
thence to Akaroa).

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use,
convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Wai-
taki Railway (branch from the Racecourse to Soutbridge,
with a sub-branch to Little River, and thence to Akaroa)
to take further land at Prebbleton, in addition to land
previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:
Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of
Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me
by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight
of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power
and authority in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the
Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above
mentioned.

SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land: 3 roods 10·75
perches and 1 acre 3 roods 1 perch.
Portions of R.S. 3035 and 3036 (S.O. 214v red), Block XIII,
Christchurch Survey District, Paparua County.
In the Canterbury Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 23689,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wel-
lington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon
coloured green and yellow.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Govern-
ment House at Wellington, this twenty-first day
of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Revoking Part of a Proclamation taking Land between Manu-
rewa and Takanini for the Purposes of the Kaipara-Waikato
Railway.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909,
it is enacted that if at any time after the issue or
making of any Proclamation taking land under the Public-
Works Act, 1908, and before the payment or award of any
compensation in respect of the taking thereof, it is found
that the land or any part thereof is not required for the
purpose for which it was taken the Governor may, by a sub-
sequent Proclamation gazetted, revoke the former Proclama-
tion, either wholly or so far as he thinks necessary:
And whereas it is found that part of the land between
Manurewa and Takanini taken for the purposes of the Kaipara-
Waikato Railway by a Proclamation made under the Public
Works Act, 1908, dated the twentieth day of February, one
thousand nine hundred and fifteen (hereinafter termed "the
said Proclamation"), and published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 33, of the fourth day of March, one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen, page 727, is not required for the purpose
for which it was taken:
And whereas compensation in respect of the taking of the
said land has not been paid or awarded:
Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of
Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the
Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, and of all other powers
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby revoke so much of the
said Proclamation as affects fifteen decimal six perches
(shown coloured neutral on the plan marked W.R. 23999
(S.O. 19098, blue), deposited in the office of the Minister of
Railways at Wellington), such land being part of the land
mentioned in the Schedule to the said Proclamation.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Govern-
ment House at Wellington, this fifth day of Sep-
tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and sixteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Blocks II
and III, Mount Fyffe Survey District, Kaikoura County.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor
of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, with the
consents of the owners and mortgagees of the land described
in the First Schedule hereto, and of the Kaikoura County
Council, being the local authority in whose district the said
land is situated, proclaim as a road the land in Mount Fyffe
Survey District described in the First Schedule hereto;
and also do hereby, with the like consents as aforesaid,
proclaim as closed the road described in the Second
Schedule hereto, which is not required by reason of the
road described in the First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a
road:-
A. R. P.
Portion of
0 0 10·7 Section 16, Block II; shown on plan P.W.D.
40623. Coloured red on plan.
0 3 38·3 Section 16, Block II; shown on plan P.W.D.
40623. Coloured red on plan.
0 3 0 Sections 16 and 57, Block II; shown on
plan P.W.D. 40623. Coloured red on plan.
0 3 0 Section 4, Block III; shown on plan
P.W.D. 40622. Coloured blue on plan.
6 0 20·7 Section 12, Block II; shown on plan P.W.D.
622. Coloured red on plan.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1916, No 99


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🪶 Proclaiming Land to be free from Native Customary Title under Section 85 of the Native Land Act, 1909 (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
1 September 1916
Native Customary Title, Waerou Block, Rawene, Native Land Court
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand
  • W. H. Herries, Native Minister

🚂 Additional Land at Prebbleton taken for the Purposes of the Hurunui-Waitaki Railway

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 June 1916
Land acquisition, Railway, Prebbleton, Hurunui-Waitaki Railway
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand
  • W. H. Herries, Minister of Railways

🚂 Revoking Part of a Proclamation taking Land between Manurewa and Takanini for the Purposes of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway

🚂 Transport & Communications
5 September 1916
Land revocation, Railway, Manurewa, Takanini, Kaipara-Waikato Railway
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand
  • W. H. Herries, Minister of Railways

🏗️ Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Blocks II and III, Mount Fyffe Survey District, Kaikoura County

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Road proclamation, Land closure, Mount Fyffe, Kaikoura County
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand