Maritime Port Limits




1696

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No.52

SMOOTH-WATER LIMITS—continued.

Name of Port. River and Smooth-water Limits. Extended and partially Smooth Limits. Extreme River Limits.
Auckland.. Inside Rangitoto Reef, Tamaki Strait, and not beyond Koherunui Point, and inside Waiheke Channel Inside a right line drawn from Hautapu Point on the Coromandel Peninsula to Shearer Rock, and thence to Tawharanui Point Nil.
Awanui... Inside a line drawn from Blackney Point to Motutara Rock, and thence west-south-west (magnetic) to the beach Inside a line drawn from Cape Karaka to Farmer Point "
Bay of Islands... Tapeka Point and Brampton Bank Inside a straight line drawn from Cape Wiki to Cape Brett "
Bluff... Stirling Point... Within a radius of 20 miles from Stirling Point Light; tugs, pilot-vessels, and dredges "
Catlin’s River ... Within the Heads Nil..... "
Coromandel... Deadman Point and Waimate Island Same as Auckland... "
Dunedin and Port Chalmers Taiaroa Head; tugs, not beyond 1 mile outside Taiaroa Head To 30 miles from Taiaroa Head, fishing-boats only; pilot-vessels not beyond 8 miles outside Taiaroa Head "
Great Barrier Is-land—Port Abercrombie and Port Fitzroy Inside a line from outer point of Green Island to Wellington Head, and thence to False Head Within a radius of 3 miles from the coast-line of the island "
Port Tryphena Inside a straight line drawn from north-west to south-east Heads of Harbour entrance Within a radius of 3 miles from the coast-line of the island "
Greymouth... Inside Bar.... 10 miles from Signal Flagstaff; tugs and dredges "
Havelock... Pelorus Sound... Picton, Queen Charlotte Sound, and French Pass "
Herekino... Inside Bar.... Nil.... "
Hicks Bay... Inside a right line drawn from Matakawa Point to Iron Point (Kahau) Between Hicks Bay and Te Araroa "
Hokianga... Inside Bar.... Nil.... "
Hokitika.... "..... ".... "
Invercargill... "..... ".... "
Kaipara..... Inside Heads... ".... "
Kawhia...... "..... ".... "
Lyttelton.... Godley Head and not beyond Port Levy... Between Lyttelton, Le Bon’s Bay, and Kaiapoi. Fishing-vessels between Lyttelton and Motunau Island on the north, and between Lyttelton and Akaroa on the south 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 Same as Auckland limits Nil.
Maketu..... Inside Bar.... Nil.... "
Manawatu.... "..... ".... "
Manukau..... Paratutai... ".... "
Mongonui.... Inside Heads... In Doubtless Bay, inside a right line drawn from Knuckle Point to Flat Head "
Mercury Bay... Within the River... Karanga Point and Mahurangi Island "
Mokau...... Inside Bar.... Nil.... "
Molyneux..... "..... ".... "
Napier....... Within a radius of 2 miles from Port Ahuriri Light at east side of entrance of Inner Harbour Portland Island and Cape Kidnappers Portland Island and Cape Turnagain.
Nelson........ Inside Boulder-bank... Astrolabe and Croixelles Massacre Bay and Greville Harbour. Waitara, Opunake and Awakino.
New Plymouth.. Within 1½ miles from end of Breakwater... Inside a right line drawn from a point 2 nautical miles to the westward of Paritutu to a point 2 miles to the westward of the entrance of the Waitara River; tugs, dredges, and hopper-barges Nil.
Ngunguru..... Inside Heads... 2 miles from Bar; towing only "
Oamaru....... Inside Breakwater... Within 3 miles from the flagstaff on South Head "
Ohia......... Inside Bar.... Between the new outlet of the Rangitata River and Opape Point, including Whale Island and Rurima Rocks "
Opotiki....... "..... Same as Ohia.... "
Patea......... "..... Nil.... "
Picton........ Long Island and Tory Channel French Pass.... "


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1923, No 52


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🚂 Smooth-Water Limits for Various Ports (continued from previous page)

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