Government Proclamations




Change of Name of “Manuka or Pigeon Island” to “Harwich
Island.”
[JELICOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the Designation of Districts Act, 1908,
it is enacted that the Governor-General may from
time to time alter the geographical name or designation of
any place or locality in New Zealand:
And whereas it is considered expedient to alter the name of
the locality described in the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, T, 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
described in the Schedule hereto, being the island in Lake
Wanaka now known as “Manuka or Pigeon Island” shall be
and the same is hereby altered to “Harwich Island,” and do
assign the last-mentioned name to such locality accordingly;
and also do hereby proclaim and declare that this Proclamation
shall take effect on the first day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five, not being earlier than six months
after the first publication thereof in the Gazette.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Otago Land District, in Mid Wanaka
Survey District, containing 300 acres, more or less, being the
island known as Manuka or Pigeon Island, in Lake Wanaka,
permanently reserved for recreation by notice dated the
twentieth day of September, 1889, published in the New
Zealand Gazette, 1889, page 1011.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued
under the Seal of that Dominion, this 24th day of
November, 1924.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Land proclaimed as a Road and Road closed, in Block XIII,
Wataroa Survey District, Westland County.
[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by sec-
tion twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, Sir Charles Fer-
gusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the land in Wataroa
Survey District described in the First Schedule hereto, and
also do hereby proclaim as closed the road described in the
Second Schedule hereto.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a
road:
A. R. P.
4 3 12 Lot l of 2183; coloured red.
4 1 11 ,, 1 of Reserve 124; coloured blue.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
ROAD CLOSED.
Approximate area of the piece of road closed : 4 acres 3 roods
14 perches.
Adjoining or passing through Lot 1 of 2183 ; coloured green.
All situated in Block XIII, Wataroa Survey District (West-
land R.D.). (S.O. 2394.)
All in the Westland Land District ; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 60765,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured as above mentioned.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued
under the Seal of that Dominion, this 12th day of
January, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Land taken for the Purposes of a Road in Maramarua, Drury,
and Opaheke Survey Districts—viz., Portion of the Great
South Road - Bombay Hills Deviation.
[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of
every other power and authority in anyway enabling me in
this behalf, I, Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto
is hereby taken for the purposes of a road in Maramarua,
Drury, and Opaheke Survey Districts—viz., portion of the
Great South Road - Bombay Hills Deviation.



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🏛️ Change of Name of Manuka or Pigeon Island to Harwich Island

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
24 November 1924
Name change, Island, Lake Wanaka, Otago Land District
  • John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General
  • Richard F. Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs

🏗️ Land Proclaimed as a Road and Road Closed in Block XIII, Wataroa Survey District

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
12 January 1925
Road proclamation, Road closure, Wataroa Survey District, Westland County
  • Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General
  • F. H. D. Bell, For Minister of Public Works

🏗️ Land Taken for the Purposes of a Road in Maramarua, Drury, and Opaheke Survey Districts

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Land acquisition, Road construction, Great South Road, Bombay Hills Deviation
  • Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General