Boundary Alterations and Name Change




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 80

by a line commencing at a point being the south-east corner
of the Obelisk Survey District, thence running in an east
direction along the block-line between Cairn Hill and Teviot
Survey Districts to the west bank of the Clutha River ;
thence running in a north-east direction along the west bank
of the Clutha River to the southern boundary of the Otago
Central Electric-power District as constituted by Proclamation
published in Gazette No. 76, of 26th October, 1922 ; thence
along the southern, western, northern, and portion of the
eastern boundary of such district to a point on the west bank
of the said river due west to the most north corner of Run
No. 568 ; thence running in an east direction across the
Clutha River to the most north corner of Run 568 ; thence
running in a north-east direction generally along the east
side of the road-line and along the east boundary of Section 2,
Block VI, Cairnhill Survey District, to the south-east corner
of Section 3, Block VI, Cairnhill Survey District ; thence
running in a north-east direction generally partly along the
east boundary of the said Section 3, Block VI, Cairnhill Survey
District, and along the east side of the road-line lying to the
east and north-east of the said Section 3, Block VI, Cairnhill
Survey District, to the east end of the railway bridge over
the Manuherikia River ; thence in a north-east direction along
the east bank of the Manuherikia River to its confluence with
the Manorburn Creek ; thence in a north-east direction along
the north bank of the Manorburn Creek to the east side of
the road-line opposite the south-east corner of Section 96,
Block IX, Leaning Rock Survey District ; thence in a northerly
direction along the said road-line to the south-west boundary
of Section 90, Block IX, Leaning Rock Survey District ;
thence in a south-east direction along the south-west bound-
ary of Sections 90 and 97, Block IX, Leaning Rock Survey
District, to the most south corner of Section 97, Block IX,
Leaning Rock Survey District ; thence in a north-east
direction along the block-line between Leaning Rock and
Tiger Hill Survey Districts to the most east corner of Section
106, Block VIII, Leading Rock Survey District ; thence in
a north-west direction along the block-line between Leaning
Rock and Tiger Hill Survey Districts to the south-east
boundary of Section 9, Block VI, Tiger Hill Survey District ;
thence in a north-east direction along the south-east boundary
of Section 9, Block VI, Tiger Hill Survey District, to the
most east corner of the said Section 9, Block VI, Tiger Hill
Survey District ; thence in a north-west direction along the
north-east boundaries of Sections 9 and 63, Block VI, Tiger
Hill Survey District, and across the road-line to a point on
the north-west side of the said road-line due west to the
most north corner of Section 63, Block VI, Tiger Hill Survey
District ; thence in a north-east direction generally along the
north-west side of the said road-line to the north-east corner
of Section 57, Block VI, Tiger Hill Survey District ; thence
in a north-west direction along the north-east boundaries of
Sections 57 and 59, Block VI, Tiger Hill Survey District,
and across the Springvale footbridge to the south-east corner
of Section 29, Block VIII, Leaning Rock Survey District ;
thence in a north direction along the block-line between
Leaning Rock and Tiger Hill Survey Districts to the north-
east corner of Block VIII, Leaning Rock Survey District ;
thence in a west direction along the block-line between
Blocks VI and VIII, Leaning Rock Survey District, to the
south-west corner of Block VI, Leaning Rock Survey Dis-
trict ; thence in a north direction along the block-line between
Blocks II and VI, Leaning Rock Survey District, to the
north-east corner of Block II, Leaning Rock Survey District ;
thence in an east direction along the block-line between Blocks
II, III, and V, Leaning Rock Survey District, to the east
boundary of Section 17, Block III, Leaning Rock Survey
District ; thence in a north-west direction generally along
the south-west boundary of Run 221D to the south-east
corner of Section 13, Block VIII, Leaning Rock Survey Dis-
trict ; thence in a north-east direction along the south-east
boundary of the said Section 13, Block VIII, Leaning Rock
Survey District, to Trig. Q ; thence in a north-west direction
generally along the north-east boundaries of Sections 13 and
14, Block XVIII, Leaning Rock Survey District, to the most
north corner of Section 14, Block XVIII, Leaning Rock
Survey District ; thence in a south-west direction along the
north-west boundaries of Sections 14 and 15, Block XVIII,
Leaning Rock Survey District, to the north-east side of the
main Clyde-Cromwell Road ; thence in a north-west direction
along the north-east side of the main Clyde-Cromwell Road
to the south-east corner of Section 12, Block XVIII, Leaning
Rock Survey District ; thence in a north-east direction along
the east boundaries of Section 12, Block XVIII, Leaning
Rock Survey District, and Section 14, Block VI, Wakefield
Survey District, to the north-east corner of the said Section
14, Block VI, Wakefield Survey District ; thence in a west
direction along the north boundary of Section 14, Block VI,
Wakefield Survey District, to the north-west corner of the
said Section 14, Block VI, Wakefield Survey District ; thence
in a south-west direction along the west boundaries of Section
14, Block VI, Wakefield Survey District, and Section 12,
Block XVIII, Leaning Rock Survey District, to the north-
east side of the main Clyde-Cromwell Road ; thence in
north-west direction along the north-east side of the main
Clyde-Cromwell Road to the block-line between Cromwell
and Wakefield Survey Districts ; thence in a north direction
along the block-line between Cromwell and Wakefield Survey
Districts to the west bank of the Clutha River ; thence in a
north-east direction along the west bank of the Clutha River
to the north-east corner of Section 3, Block IV, Wakefield
Survey District ; thence in a west direction along the north
boundary of the said Section 3, Block IV, Wakefield Survey
District, to the block-line between the Cromwell and Wake-
field Survey Districts ; thence in a north-west direction along
the north-east boundary of Run 245E to the most north
corner of Run 245E ; thence in a south-west direction along
the north-west boundary of Run 245E and along the south-
east boundary of Run 245D to the block-line between Blocks
V and VI, Cromwell Survey District ; thence in a south
direction along the block-line between Blocks V and VI,
Cromwell Survey District, and between Blocks III and IV,
Cromwell Survey District, to the south-east corner of Block
IV, Cromwell Survey District ; thence in a west direction
along the block-line between Blocks II and IV, Cromwell
Survey District, to the east bank of the Kawarau River ;
thence in a south-east direction along the east bank of the
Kawarau River to a point due north of the most east corner
of Run 330D ; thence in a south direction across the Kawarau
River to the most east corner of Run 330D ; thence in a south-
east direction generally along the south-east boundary of
Run 330D and along the north-east boundary of Run 330A
to the west side of the main Cromwell-Nevis Road ; thence
in a south direction along the west side of the main Cromwell
Nevis Road to its junction with the Hawkesburn Station
Road lying west of Section 1, Block IV, Bannockburn Survey
District ; thence in a southerly direction along the west side
of the said Hawkesburn Station Road to the north boundary
of Section 3, Block IV, Bannockburn Survey District ; thence
in a south-west direction along the north-west boundary of
the said Section 3, Block IV, Bannockburn Survey District ;
thence in a southerly direction generally along the west
boundaries of Sections 3 and 5, Block IV, Bannockburn Survey
District, to the north-west boundary of Run 339C ; thence in
a north-east direction along the north-west boundary of
Run 339C to the most west corner of Section 6, Block IV,
Bannockburn Survey District ; thence in a south-easterly
direction generally along the north boundaries of Runs 339C
and 339D to the east side of the road-line on the south-east
boundary of Section 4, Block VI, Bannockburn Survey Dis-
trict ; thence along the east side of the said road-line in
Run 339D to the block-line between Bannockburn and Leaning
Rock Survey Districts ; thence in a south direction along the
block-lines between Bannockburn and Leaning Rock Survey
Districts and Fraser and Fraserside Survey Districts to the
south-west corner of the said Fraser Survey District ; thence
in a west direction to the north-west corner of Cairnhill Survey
District ; and finally in a south direction along the block-line
between Obelisk and Cairnhill Survey Districts to the south-
east corner of Obelisk Survey District, being the point of
commencement. As the said area is more particularly de-
lineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 60181, deposited in the
office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand,
and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 29th day
of November, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Change of Name of Locality “ Kowhai ” to “ Motuhora,”
County of Opotiki.

[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS settlers in the locality known as “ Kowhai,”
in the County of Opotiki, desire that the name of such
locality should be changed to “ Motuhora,” and it is considered
expedient to alter the same :

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
on me by the Designation of Districts Act, 1908, and of all
other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the name of the locality
known as “ Kowhai,” in the County of Opotiki, shall be and
the same is hereby altered to “ Motuhora,” and do assign the



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🏗️ Altering Boundaries of Otago Central Electric-power District (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
29 November 1924
Electric-power District, Boundary Alteration, Otago Central, Vincent County, Cromwell Borough
  • J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works

🏘️ Change of Name of Locality from Kowhai to Motuhora

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Locality Name Change, Kowhai, Motuhora, Opotiki County
  • John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General