Aug. 26] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1063

Declaring Parts of a Tribal District to be Tribal Committee Areas under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945

PURSUANT to section 14 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act, 1945, I, Peter Fraser, Minister of Maori Affairs, do hereby declare the parts of the tribal district described in the Schedule hereto to be tribal committee areas for the purposes of the said Act, and do hereby assign to each of the several areas the name appearing at the head of the description of each such area.

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SCHEDULE

WHANGANUI SOUTH TRIBAL DISTRICT

Pipiriki Tribal Committee Area

ALL that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Mataimoana, in Block IV, Momahaki Survey District; thence north-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station Poheka, in Block XVI, Taurakawa Survey District, a right line to Trig. Station Maungarau, in Block XII, Taurakawa Survey District, and a right line to Trig. Station Puteore, in Block VI, Taurakawa Survey District; thence northerly along a right line to Trig. Station Mount Humphries (Whakaihuwaka); thence easterly along a right line to Trig. Station Maniaroa, in Block XI, Whirinaki Survey District; thence southerly along a right line to Trig. Station Ranganui on the eastern boundary of Block IV, Rarete Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line to Trig. Station Tawhiwhinui, in Block IX, Rarete Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station Pukunui, in Block XI, Rarete Survey District, and a right line to Trig. Station Mataimoana, being the point of commencement.

Jerusalem Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Mataimoana, being a point on the boundary of the Pipiriki Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of that area to Trig. Station Tawhiwhinui, in Block IX, Rarete Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line to Trig. Station Raekohua, in Block XIII, Makotuku Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station Rotoroa, in Block II, Tauakira Survey District, and a right line to Trig. Station Ngaupoko, in Block XII, Momahaki Survey District; thence northerly along a right line to Trig. Station Mataimoana, being the point of commencement.

Ranana Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Ngaupoko, in Block XII, Momahaki Survey District, being a point on the boundary of the Jerusalem Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of that area to Trig. Station Raekohua, in Block XIII, Makotuku Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line to the western corner of Section 1, Block VIII, Tauakira Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station Tawaharenikau, in Block VII, Tauakira Survey District, and the production of that line to the middle of the Orongatea Stream, down the middle of that stream to its confluence with the Wanganui River, and a right line to Trig. Station Ngaupoko, being the point of commencement.

Poutama Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Ngaupoko, in Block XII, Momahaki Survey District, being a point on the boundary of the Ranana Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of that area to the western corner of Section 1, Block VIII, Tauakira Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line to Trig. Station Harawera, in Block XIII, Ngamatea Survey District; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station Ngaupoko, being the point of commencement.

Koriniti Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Ngaupoko, in Block XII, Momahaki Survey District; thence easterly along a right line to Trig. Station Harawera, in Block XIII, Ngamatea Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station Rimu on the northern boundary of Block IV, Waipakura Survey District; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station Te Mihi, in Block II, Waipakura Survey District, and a right line to Trig. Station Te Rewa, in Block IV, Nukumaru Survey District; thence northerly along a right line to Trig. Station Ngaupoko, being the point of commencement.

Otoko Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Harawera, in Block XIII, Ngamatea Survey District; thence north-easterly along a right line to Trig. Station Maukuku, in Block XI, Ngamatea Survey District, and a right line to Trig. Station E, in Section 9, Block VIII, Ngamatea Survey District; thence due east along a right line to the eastern boundary of Section 9, Block VIII aforesaid; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of that section and easterly along the northern boundary of Pungataua Block and its production to the middle of the Koukoupo Road; thence south-westerly along the middle of the said road to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Section 71, Block XII, Ngamatea Survey District; thence to and along that boundary and the south-western boundary of Section 70, Block IX, Maungakaretu Survey District, and its production to the middle of Hales Road; thence south-westerly along that road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 77, Block XVI, Ngamatea Survey District; thence to and along the north-eastern boundary of the said Section 77 and the southern boundary of Section 63, Block XIII, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; thence by lines from hill to hill along the summit of the eastern watershed aforesaid to a point on the production of the right line from Trig. Station Stony Point to Trig. Station B, both in Block XI, Mangawhero Survey District; thence north-westerly to and along that right line to Trig. Station Stony Point, and a right line to Trig. Station Rimu on the northern boundary of Block IV, Waipakura Survey District; thence north-easterly along a right line to Trig. Station Harawera, being the point of commencement.

Parikino Tribal Committee Area

ALL that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Ratamarumaru, in Block VIII, Nukumaru Survey District; thence northerly along a right line to Trig. Station Te Rewa, in Block IV, Nukumaru Survey District, and being a point on the boundary of the Koriniti Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence easterly along the southern boundary of that area to Trig. Station Rimu, being a point on the boundary of the Otoko Tribal Committee area hereinbefore described; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of that area to the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; thence by lines from hill to hill along the summit of the eastern watershed aforesaid to a right line passing through the Okaiapi Trig. Station to a point in the middle of the Wangaehu River, distant about 18 chains due west of the western boundary of Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District; thence down the middle of the said river to a point on the right line between Trig. Station West Base, in Block XIII, Mangawhero Survey District, and Trig. Station Tokamaru, in Block IX, Waipakura Survey District; thence north-westerly along that line to Trig. Station Tokamaru aforesaid and a right line to Trig. Station Ratamarumaru, being the point of commencement.

Kaiwhaiki Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station Ratamarumaru, in Block VIII, Nukumaru Survey District, being a point on the boundary of the Parikino Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of that area to the middle of the Wangaehu River; thence down the middle of that river to a point on the production of a right line from Trig. Station Waipakura, in Block XV, Waipakura Survey District, to Trig. Station Mount Mitchell, in Block XIII, Mangawhero Survey District; thence westerly to and along that right line to Trig. Station Waipakura aforesaid, a right line to Trig. Station F, in Block XIII, Waipakura Survey District, and a right line to Trig. Station XXIII on the south-eastern boundary of Block XI, Nukumaru Survey District; thence northerly along a right line to Trig. Station Ratamarumaru, being the point of commencement.

Wanganui City Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at Trig. Station XXIII on the south-eastern boundary of Block XI, Nukumaru Survey District, and being a point on the boundary of the Kaiwhaiki Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence easterly along the southern boundary of that area to the middle of the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of the land shown on the plan numbered 18146, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, the said boundary being part of the north-eastern boundary of the City of Wanganui; thence south-easterly, southerly, and westerly generally along the boundaries of the City of Wanganui, as described in the New Zealand Gazette, 1926, at page 2500, to the southern boundary of Kaiate No. 2 Block; thence westerly along that boundary and its production to the middle of the Wanganui River; thence westerly down the middle of that river to a point in the middle of its mouth; thence north-westerly to and along the sea-coast to the southernmost corner of Nukumaru Survey District; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundaries of Blocks XV and XI, Nukumaru Survey District, to Trig. Station XXIII, being the point of commencement.

Putiki Tribal Committee Area

All that area bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the mouth of the Wanganui River, the said point being a point on the boundary of the Wanganui City Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence easterly and northerly along the southern and eastern boundaries of that area to the northern boundary of the Kaiwhaiki Tribal Committee Area hereinbefore described; thence easterly along the southern boundary of that area to the middle of the Wangaehu River; thence south-westerly generally down the middle of that river to its mouth; thence north-westerly to and along the sea-coast and a right line to the middle of the mouth of the Wanganui River, being the point of commencement.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1948.

E. T. TIRIKATENE,
For the Minister of Maori Affairs.

(N.D. 35/48/1.)