✨ Port Limits and Boundaries
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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| Port. | River and Smooth-water Limits. | Extended-river and Partially Smooth-water Limits. | Extreme Limits. |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Pass.. | All the navigable waters bounded by right lines drawn from Cape Francis to Halfway Point, and from Okuri Point to Sauvage Point | On the north side: All the water contained within Admiralty Bay and Queen Charlotte Sound, and all the intervening water contained between the foreshores and 2 miles seaward of a right line drawn from Cape Koamaru to Walker Rock; thence by a right line passing through the northern extremity of Nukuiata (Chetwode Islands) and the southern extremity of Trio Islands (Tekuku) to Halfway Bay, D'Urville Island. On the south side: All the water enclosed by a line drawn from Cape Soucis to Sauvage Point | Nil. |
| Gisborne (Turanganui) | Inside the bar of the Turanganui River | In Poverty Bay, inside a right line drawn from Tuahina Point to Young Nick’s Head. Fishing-boats, between Cape Runaway on the north and the north end of Portland Island on the south | Nil. |
| Great Barrier Island—Port Abercrombie and Port Fitzroy | Inside a right line drawn from Separation Point to Wellington Head, thence to False Head, thence to Pyramid Rock, thence to the southern extremity of Junction Islands, thence by a right line drawn north to Great Barrier Island | Within a radius of 3 miles from the the coast-line of Great Barrier Island | Nil. |
| Port Tryphena | Inside a right line drawn from the outer southern entrance point to the outer northern entrance point | Within a radius of 3 miles from the coast-line of Great Barrier Island | Nil. |
| Greymouth | Inside the bar of the Grey (Mawhera) River | Not more than 10 miles from the signal flagstaff (tugs and dredgers not carrying passengers) | Nil. |
| Havelock | Inside a right line drawn from West Entry Point (Akiroa) to the northernmost point of Forsyth Island; and inside a right line drawn across the channel (at its narrowest width) separating Forsyth Island from the mainland | All the waters contained within Admiralty Bay and Queen Charlotte Sound, and all the intervening waters contained between the foreshores and 2 miles seaward of a right line drawn from Cape Koamaru to Walker Rock, thence by a right line passing through the northern extremity of Nukuiata (Chetwode Islands) and the southern extremity of Trio Islands (Tekuku) to Halfway Point, D'Urville Island | Nil. |
| Herekino | Inside the bar of the Herekino River | Nil | Nil. |
| Hick’s Bay | Inside a right line drawn from Matakawa Point to Iron Point (Kahau) | Between Hick’s Bay and Te Araroa | Nil. |
| Hokianga | Inside the Hokianga Heads | Nil | Nil. |
| Hokitika | Inside the bar of the Hokitika River | Nil | Nil. |
| Houhora | Inside the Heads, Houhora Harbour | Nil | Nil. |
| Invercargill | Inside the bar of the New River | Nil | Nil. |
| Kaipara | Inside the Heads, Kaipara Harbour | Nil | Nil. |
| Kawhia | Inside the Heads, Kawhia Harbour | Nil | Nil. |
| Lyttelton | Between Lyttelton, Godley Head, and Port Levy | Between Lyttelton, Le Bons Bay, and the Waimakariri River. Fishing-vessels, between Lyttelton and Motunau Island on the north, and between Lyttelton and Akaroa Harbour on the south | Between Lyttelton, Akaroa Harbour, 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 | All those waters of the Hauraki Gulf inside a right line drawn from the north point of Colville (or Moehau) Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula to Shearer Rock, off Tiritiri Island, and thence to Tawharanui Point | Nil. |
| Maketu | Inside the bar of the Kaituna River | Nil | Nil. |
| Manawatu | Inside the Manawatu Heads | Nil | Nil. |
| Mangonui | Inside Mangonui Heads | In Doubtless Bay, inside a right line drawn from Knuckle Point to Flat Head | Nil. |
| Manukau | In the Manukau Harbour, not beyond Paratutai | Nil | Nil. |
| Mercury Bay | Within the river, Mercury Bay | Inside a right line drawn from the southern extreme of Koranga Islet at the northern entrance to Mercury Bay to the eastern extreme of Te-Tui or Mahurangi, and thence to Heri-heri-tauru | Nil. |
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NZ Gazette 1928, No 16
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