Port Limits and Boundaries




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 70]

Port. River and Smooth-water Limits. Extended-river and Partially Smooth-water Limits. Extreme Limits.
Picton .. .. Inside a line across Tory Channel entrance and a line from Cooper Pt. to the northern end of Long Island; thence through the northern end of Motuara Island to the shore Inside, and 2 miles seaward, of a right line drawn from Cape Koamaru and Halfway Pt. via Walker Rock, northern end of Nukuaiata and the southern end of Trio Island, and inside a line drawn from Cape Soucis to Sauvage Pt

Picton special extended-river limits for whaling vessels only: All the navigable area contained between a right line drawn from White Bluff to Turakirae Head at the eastern entrance to Cook Strait, and a right line drawn from Stephens Island Lighthouse to the south of the Otaki River at the western entrance to Cook Strait | Nil. |
| Porirua .. .. | All the waters contained inside a right line drawn from the northern extremity of Bar Pt. in a direction 032° to the western extremity of Plimmerton Pt. | Inside Mana Island between lines drawn from Bridge Pah to South Head, and from the northern end of Mana Island to North Head | Nil. |
| Port Chalmers (see Dunedin and Port Chalmers). | | | |
| Port Underwood .. | Inside a right line drawn from the southern entrance point of Ocean Bay to the western extremity of the eastern entrance point of Port Underwood | Within a right line drawn from the western extremity of the eastern entrance point of Port Underwood to the eastern extremity of White Bluff | Nil. |
| Preservation Inlet .. | Inside a right line drawn from Cavern Head to Pinnacle Rock, Coal Island, and inside a right line drawn across the entrance to Otago’s Retreat at its narrowest width | Inside a right line drawn from Gulches Head to Puysegur Pt. | Nil. |
| Queen Charlotte Sound (see Picton). | | | |
| Raglan .. .. | Inside the bar, Raglan Harbour .. | Nil .. .. .. .. .. | Nil. |
| Riverton .. .. | Inside the bar of the Jacobs River, Riverton | Inside a right line drawn from the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream to a point 1 mile seaward of the outermost point of Pig Island thence to the landing-place on the north-east side of Centre Island; and thence to Hinitui Pt. | Nil. |
| Stewart Island .. | All the waters of Port William, Horseshoe Bay, Half-moon Bay, and Paterson Inlet, and all the waters of the sea within 3 miles of the shore of Stewart Island between the southern extremity of West Head, Port William, and Anglem Pt., Stewart Island | Nil .. .. .. .. .. | Nil. |
| Sumner and New Brighton | Not beyond the bar at the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers | Between the Waimakariri River, Lyttelton, and Le Bons Bay; fishing-vessels between Motunau Island on the north and Akaroa Harbour on the south | Nil. |
| Tairua .. .. | Inside Paku Head .. .. | Commencing from a position on the mainland northward of Tairua Harbour by a right line east to the northern extremity of Shoe Island; thence by a right line to the north-western extremity of Slipper Island; thence by a right line to a position on the mainland situated west from the southern extremity of Rabbit Island | Nil. |
| Tauranga .. .. | Inside the entrance heads of Tauranga Harbour, and not beyond the entrance heads of Katikati Harbour | Between Katikati Harbour and the new outlet of Rangitaiki River. In fine weather at the discretion of the District Inspector of Fisheries inside right lines from north and south ends of Motiti Island to North Rock and between Tauranga and Mayor Island: Provided that vessels engaged in deep-sea sports-fishing only may ply within 3 miles from the shore of Mayor Island | Nil. |
| Thames .. .. | On the Thames River .. .. | 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 Pt. | Nil. |
| Timaru .. .. | Inside the Breakwater, Timaru Harbour | Not more than 3 miles from the outer end of the Southern Breakwater. (For fishing-boats only, 20 miles from the Breakwater) | Nil. |
| Tokomaru Bay .. | Inside a right line drawn from Kotunui Pt. to Mawhai Pt. | Not more than 5 miles from the shore at the centre of Tokomaru Bay | Nil. |
| Tutukaka .. .. | Inside the entrance points of Tutukaka Harbour | Not beyond 3 miles seaward of the shore between Rocky Bay and the bar of the Ngunguru River | Nil. |
| Waikanae .. .. | Nil .. .. .. .. | Inside of Kapiti Island between a right line drawn from the southern end of Kapiti Island to Wainui River entrance, and a right line from Long Point to the foreshore 1 mile northward of Waikanae River entrance | Nil. |
| Waikato .. .. | Inside the bar of the Waikato River .. | Nil .. .. .. .. .. | Nil. |
| Wairau .. .. | Inside the bar of the Wairau River .. | For fishing-boats only: Inside a right line drawn from the eastern extremity of White Bluff to the southern extremity of Separation Pt., Port Underwood | Nil. |



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