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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

Special Order made by the Bay of Islands County Council
altering Riding Boundaries.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th March, 1928.

THE following special order, made by the Bay of Islands
County Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.

Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by sec-
tion 3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921–22, I hereby
fix the 31st day of March, 1928, as the date on which the
special order shall take effect.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BAY
OF ISLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL, HELD ON THE 9TH DAY OF
MARCH, 1928.

THAT, in pursuance of section 23 of the Counties Act, 1920,
the Bay of Islands County Council hereby resolves, by way
of special order, that the boundaries of the Okaihau, Kerikeri,
Waimate, Kaikohe, and Mataraua Ridings be altered as
follows :—

Okaihau Riding.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of
Islands County, and bounded as follows: Commencing from
the south-western corner of Section 8, Block X, Omarere
Survey District, and thence bounded towards the west
generally by the Hokianga County Boundary as described
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 63, 26th April, 1918, page
1685, to the Whangaroa County boundary as described in the
aforesaid Gazette and page; thence towards the north generally
by the said Whangaroa County boundary to the westernmost
corner of Section 9 of Block XIV, Kaeo, and Block II,
Omapere Survey Districts; thence by the western and
southern boundaries of the said Section 9 and the southern
boundary of Section 8 of Block XIV, Kaeo, and Block II,
Omapere Survey Districts, to and by the western and southern
boundaries of part of Old Land Claim 15, containing 117 acres
1 rood 1 perch, to and across a public road, and by a right
line, being a production of the southern boundary of afore-
mentioned part of Old Land Claim 15, to the westernmost
corner of Section 7 of Old Land Claim 15, by the southern
and south-eastern boundaries of the said Section 7, to and
across a public road, and again by the south-eastern boundary
of the said Section 7 and the southern and eastern boundaries
of Section 6 of Old Land Claim 15 to the south-western corner
of Section 8, Block XV, Kaeo Survey District; by the
southern boundary of the said Section 8, to and across a
public road, and by the southern boundary of Section 26,
Block XVI, Kaeo Survey District, to the western boundary
of Section 5 of Old Land Claim 15; thence by the western
and southern boundaries of the last-mentioned section and
the southern boundaries of Sections 4, 3, 2, and 1, all of the
aforesaid Old Land Claim 15, to a public road forming the
north-eastern boundary of Section 8, Block X, Kerikeri;
by the said public road to and across the Puketotara Stream;
thence by the said Puketotara Stream, across the aforemen-
tioned public road, and again by the Puketotara Stream to
its intersection with the eastern boundary of Section 9,
Block X, Kerikeri Survey District; thence by a right line
bearing due east to the centre of the Kaeo–Waimate Road;
thence towards the east and south generally by the centre
of the said Kaeo–Waimate Road to its intersection with the
Okaihau–Kerikeri Road, thence by the centre of the last-
mentioned road to a point in line with the south-western
boundary of Section 15, Block IV, Omapere Survey District,
by a right line to the said boundary of the last-mentioned
section and by the said boundary and the southern boundary
of the last-mentioned section to and by subdivisions numbered
3B3, part 3B2 (containing 90 acres), part 3B2 (containing
20 acres), and again by 3B3, all of the Whakatana Block,
to the Waitangi River; thence by the said river to the
easternmost corner of Section 1 of Old Land Claim 2, by
the north-eastern boundary of the said Section 1 and the
north-western boundary of Section 2 of Old Land Claim 2,
to the north-eastern boundary of Section part 3, Block VIII,
Omapere Survey District, by the said boundary of the last-
mentioned section, the north-western boundary and the
north-western and south-western boundaries of part 3,
89 acres 1 rood 17 perches, Block VIII, Omapere Survey
District, to the Waitangi River; thence again by the said
Waitangi River to and by the northern boundary of Section 1,
Pimiro Block, by the north-western and western boundaries
of the said Section 1, the western boundary of the Waitata
Block, and again by the last-mentioned Section 1 to the
northernmost corner of Lot 5, as shown in deposited plan
4126; thence by the western boundary of the last-mentioned
lot, to and across the Ohaeawai–Okaihau Main Road; thence
by the southern boundary of the said road to the northern-
most corner of Allotment 37, Omapere Parish; thence by the
north-western boundary of the said Allotment 37, and thence
by the north-western boundary of Lot 8 as shown in D.P.
4126, to the Omapere Lake; thence by the eastern and
southern shores of the said Omapere Lake; thence by the
eastern and southern shores of the said Omapere Lake to the
north-western corner of the Taumataroa Block, by the north-
western boundary of the last-named block, the crossing of the
Okaihau–Kawakawa Railway, again by the Taumataroa Block,
the crossing of a public road, and again by the Taumataroa
Block to the Waihoanga Stream; thence by the said Wai-
hoanga Stream to a point in line with the northernmost
corner of Section 12, Block X, Omapere Survey District, by a
right line across the said Waihoanga Stream, and thence by
the north-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to
and by the southern boundary of Section 8, Block X, Omapere
Survey District, to the point of commencement.

Kerikeri Riding.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of
Islands County, bounded as follows: Commencing from the
north-western corner of Section 9, Block XIV, Kaeo, and
Block II, Omapere Survey Districts, bounded towards the
north-west generally by the Whangaroa County boundary as
described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 63, of the 26th
April, 1918, to the sea. Thence towards the north and east
generally by the sea, including the Island of Moturoa to a
point on the northern shore of Waitangi Bay opposite Ti
Point; thence towards the south generally by the northern
shore of the said Waitangi Bay to its confluence with the
Waitangi River; thence by the northern bank of the said
Waitangi River to a point in line with the production of the
south-western boundary of a subdivision of Old Land Claim
245 (containing 410 acres), by a right line across the said
Waitangi River, and by the aforesaid south-western boundary
of the said subdivision of Old Land Claim 245 to the centre
of the Ohaeawai–Waitangi Road; thence by the centre of
the said Ohaeawai–Waitangi Road to the Waiaruhe River, by
the said Waiaruhe River to and across its confluence with the
Waitangi River, and by the northern bank of the said Waitangi
River to a point in line with the north-eastern corner of Section
5, Block V, Kawakawa Survey District; thence by a right line
to the north-eastern corner of the said Section 5, by the said
Section 5, to and by the north-eastern boundary of the
Okokako Block, the eastern boundary of Section 6, Block V,
Kawakawa Survey District, and the eastern boundary of
Subdivision 3 of the Otawere Claim to and across the Waitangi
River; thence by the said Waitangi River to the centre of
the Kaeo–Waimate Road; thence by the centre of that road
to its intersection with the Okaihau–Kerikeri Road, and thence
by the Okaihau Riding boundary, hereinbefore described,
to the point of commencement.

Waimate Riding.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of
Islands County, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the
easternmost corner of Section 2, Oraruwharo Block,
bounded towards the west generally by the eastern boundary of
the said Section 2 to and by the Kopenui Stream to the
eastern boundary of Section 4s, Te Pua Settlement; thence
by the eastern boundaries of Section 4s, 3s, and 2s, all of Te
Pua Settlement, to and by a public road forming portion of
the northern boundary and intersecting the last-mentioned
section to the north-western corner of Section 1s, Te Pua
Settlement; thence again by the aforesaid road to a point in
line with the easternmost corner of Subdivision D, Taraire
Block; thence by a right line across a public road to the
said corner of Subdivision D, and by the north-eastern bound-
ary of that subdivision and the north-eastern boundary of
2A part B (914 acres) to the Okaihau Riding boundary herein-
before described; thence towards the west, north-west, and
north generally by the said Okaihau Riding boundary to the
Kerikeri Riding boundary hereinbefore described, and thence
towards the north-east generally by the said Kerikeri Riding
boundary to the centre of the Waitangi–Kaikohe Road, and
thence towards the south-east generally by the centre of the
said Waitangi–Kaikohe Road to a point in line with the
easternmost corner of Section 2, Oraruwharo Block, and thence
by a right line to the point of commencement.

Kaikohe Riding.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of
Islands County, and bounded as follows: Commencing at a
point on the shore of the Omapere Lake, being the northern-
most corner of 2A part B, Taraire Block, and bounded towards
the east generally by the Waimate Riding hereinbefore
described to the Pakaraka Riding as described in the *New