New Zealand Gazette – 1949 – No. 70

Page 2673

✨ Port Limits Table



Nov. 17] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2673

Port. River and Smooth-water Limits. Extended-river and Partially Smooth-water Limits. Extreme Limits.
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.
Leigh .. Nil .. Within a 15-mile radius of the eastern entrance of Leigh Cove 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 Inside a right line drawn from the northern point of Colville Bay to Shearer Rock, thence to Tawharanui Pt. Nil.
Maketu .. Inside the bar of the Kaituna River .. Nil .. Nil.
Manawatu .. Inside the Manawatu Heads .. Nil .. Nil.
Mangawai .. Inside Mangawai Heads .. Within a radius of 10 miles of Mangawai North Head Nil.
Seasonal: For vessels engaged in deep-sea sports-fishing only:—
From 1st May to 31st October: Between a line drawn 090° from the shore, passing through and extending 15 miles from north-eastern end of Rimariki (Wide Berth Island) and a line drawn 090° for 12 miles from Bream Tail
From 1st November to 30th April: Between a line drawn 090° from the shore, passing through and extending 25 miles from north-eastern end of Rimariki (Wide Berth Island) and a line drawn 090° for 20 miles from Bream Tail
Mangonui .. Inside Mangonui Heads .. Inside a right line drawn from Cape Karikari to Cone Rock, thence south to the foreshore of the mainland 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 south-eastern end of Koruenga Islet to Heri-heri-tauru via the eastern end of Te Tui Nil.
Seasonal: For vessels engaged in deep-sea sports-fishing only:—
Within a radius of 16 miles from Heri-heri-tauru
Milford Sound .. Inside a right line drawn 078° from St. Anne Pt. to the point 2 miles northward of Dale Pt. in Milford Sound Harbour Nil .. Nil.
Moehau Peninsula .. Nil .. Inside a line drawn 290° from the southern point of Colville Bay; thence round the coast at a distance of 3 miles offshore to the shore 3 miles eastward of entrance to Whangapoua Harbour Nil.
Mokau .. Inside the bar of the Mokau River .. Nil .. Nil.
Molyneux .. Inside the bar of the Molyneux River .. Nil .. Nil.
Napier .. Within a radius of three miles seaward from the light at the east side of the Inner Harbour Entrance Inside a right line drawn from the northern extremity of Cape Kidnappers to Portland Island Lighthouse, thence by a right line drawn across the channel at its narrowest width between Portland Island and Mahia Peninsula Between Napier, Portland Island, and Cape Turnagain.
Nelson .. In Nelson Harbour, inside a right line drawn across the new entrance channel between the Boulder Bank and Haulashore Island, and across the old entrance channel between Haulashore Island and the mainland, in each case at their narrowest width Southward of a right line drawn from Adolphe Point at the northern side of Astrolable Road to Kakahu, the northern entrance point of Croisilles Harbour Southward of a right line drawn from Bush End Point, Farewell Spit, to Twobay Pt., the northern entrance point of Greville (or Brooke) Harbour, and from Reef Pt., D'Urville Island, to Channel Pt. Lighthouse at French Pass.
New Brighton (see Sumner and New Brighton).
New Plymouth .. Within a radius of 1½ miles from end of the Breakwater, New Plymouth Inside a right line drawn from a point 2 miles west of Paritutu to a point 2 miles west of the entrance to Waitara River (tugs, dredgers, and hopper barges) Between Opunake Bay, Waitara River, and Awakino River.
Ngunguru .. Inside the entrance to Ngunguru River Inside a radius of 2 miles from the entrance to Ngunguru River Nil.
Oamaru .. Inside the Oamaru Breakwater .. Within 3 miles from the flagstaff on South Head, Oamaru Harbour Nil.
Ohiwa .. Inside the bar of the Ohiwa River .. Between the new outlet of Rangitaiki River and Opape Pt., including Whale Island and Rurima Rocks Nil.
Opotiki .. Inside the bar of the Opotiki River .. Between the new outlet of Rangitaiki River and Opape Pt., including Whale Island and Rurima Rocks Between Cape Runaway and Motiti Island.
Parengarenga .. Inside the Heads, Parengarenga Harbour Nil .. Nil.
Patea .. Inside the bar of the Patea River .. Pilot vessels within a radius of 2 miles of the flagstaff at Patea Harbour Nil.
Pelorous Sound (see Havelock).


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