✨ Harbour Board Election Authorities
FEB. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 519
Appointing Principal Authorities for the Election of Members of Harbour Boards by the Electors of Combined Districts.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of February, 1925.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS it is provided by section twenty-two of the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that in any case where by the said Act or any special Act one or more members of a Harbour Board are to be elected by all or some only of the electors of two or more local authorities jointly (hereinafter referred to as a “combined district”) the Governor-General shall by Order in Council select and appoint one of those local authorities to be the principal authority for the purposes of such election:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby select and appoint the local authorities set forth in the third column of the Schedule hereto to be the respective principal authorities for the combined districts set forth in the second column of the said Schedule, for the purposes of the elections under the said Act of certain members of the Harbour Boards in whose district the combined districts are respectively situated.
SCHEDULE.
| Name of Board. | Combined District. | Principal Authority selected and appointed. |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | The Boroughs of Devonport, Birkenhead, Takapuna, and Northcote The Boroughs of Newmarket and Onehunga, the Ellerslie Town District, the Mount Wellington, Tamaki West, One Tree Hill, Panmure, and Orakei Road Districts The Boroughs of Mount Eden and Mount Albert The Counties of Manukau and Franklin The County of Waitemata, the Borough of Avondale, and the Mount Roskill Road District The Counties of Waikato, Raglan, and Waipa ... The Boroughs of Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Cambridge, and Ngaruawahia | The Devonport Borough Council. The Onehunga Borough Council. The Mount Eden Borough Council. The Pukekohe Borough Council. The Waitemata County Council. The Waikato County Council. The Hamilton Borough Council. |
| Bluff | The Boroughs of Invercargill and South Invercargill The Boroughs of Gore and Mataura | The Invercargill Borough Council. The Gore Borough Council. |
| Gisborne Lyttelton | The Borough of Gisborne and the Mangapapa Town District The Boroughs of Kaiapoi and Rangiora, and the Counties of Rangiora, Eyre, and Oxford The Counties of Cheviot, Amuri, Waipara, Kowai, and Ashley, and the Amberley Town District The County of Ashburton and the Borough of Ashburton The Counties of Tawera, Paparua, Malvern, Springs, Ellesmere, Halswell, Selwyn, and Heathcote The County of Waimairi and the Borough of Riccarton The Boroughs of New Brighton, Sumner, Lyttelton, and Akaroa, and the Counties of Akaroa, Wairewa, and Mount Herbert | The Gisborne Borough Council. The Kaiapoi Borough Council. The Kowai County Council. The Ashburton County Council. The Paparua County Council. The Waimairi County Council. The Lyttelton Borough Council. |
| Napier | The Taradale Town District, and the Meeanee Riding of the County of Hawke’s Bay The County of Wairoa within the Riding of Mohaka, and that portion of the County of Hawke’s Bay, except the Meeanee Riding, within the harbour district The Borough of Waipawa and the County of Waipawa The Borough of Waipukurau and the County of Waipukurau The Otane Town District and the Patangata County within the harbour district | The Taradale Town Board. The Hawke’s Bay County Council. The Waipawa County Council. The Waipukurau Borough Council. The Patangata County Council. |
| New Plymouth | The Boroughs of Inglewood, Stratford, and Eltham Those portions of the Counties of Egmont and Taranaki within the harbour district Those portions of the Counties of Stratford and Whangamomona within the harbour district Those portions of the Counties of Eltham and Hawera within the harbour district | The Stratford Borough Council. The Taranaki County Council. The Stratford County Council. The Eltham County Council. |
| Otago | The City of Dunedin and the Borough of St. Kilda The Counties of Taieri and Waikouaiti, that portion of the County of Waihemo not included in the Oamaru Harbour District, and the Peninsula, Tomahawk, Portobello, and Otakou Road Districts | The Dunedin City Council. The Taieri County Council. |
| Patea | The Counties of Bruce, Tuapeka, Maniototo, and Clutha The Borough of Patea and the Waverley Town District | The Bruce County Council. The Patea Borough Council. |
| Tauranga | The Maketu and Te Puke Ridings of the Tauranga County and the Te Puke Town District | The Tauranga County Council. |
| Thames | The Counties of Thames, Ohinemuri, and Hauraki Plains | The Thames County Council. |
| Timaru | The Tengawai and Point Ridings of the Levels County and the Pleasant Point Town District | The Levels County Council. |
| Waitara | The Boroughs of Geraldine and Temuka The Borough of Waimate, the Makikihi and Deep Creek Ridings of the Waimate County, and that portion of the Waihao Riding of the Waimate County within the harbour district The Borough of Waitara, the County of Clifton, and that portion of the County of Taranaki within the harbour district | The Temuka Borough Council. The Waimate Borough Council. The Waitara Borough Council. |
| Wanganui | Those portions of the Counties of Wanganui and Waimarino within the harbour district | The Wanganui County Council. |
| Wellington | The Counties of Hutt and Makara, the Boroughs of Petone, Lower Hutt, and Eastbourne, and the Town Districts of Johnsonville and Upper Hutt The Counties of Wairarapa South, Masterton, Pahiatua, Akitio, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Castlepoint, and Featherston, the Town District of Martinborough, and the Boroughs of Grey-town, Carterton, Masterton, Eketahuna, Featherston, and Pahiatua The Counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Horowhenua, Pihangina, Kairanga, and Kiwitea, and the Boroughs of Palmerston North, Feilding, Foxton, Shannon, Otaki, and Levin | The Petone Borough Council. The Masterton Borough Council. The Palmerston North Borough Council. |
F. D. THOMSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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🏛️ Appointing Principal Authorities for Harbour Board Elections
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration9 February 1925
Harbour Boards, Elections, Principal Authorities, Order in Council
- Charles Fergusson, Governor-General
- F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council