APRIL 20]

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Rotorua, the County of
Rotorua, and the South Riding of the County of Rotorua

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th April, 1950.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 147 of the Municipal
Corporations Act, 1933, the boundaries of the Borough of
Rotorua are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto,
the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by Order
in Council made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, dated
the 24th day of August, 1949, and published in Gazette No. 49 of the
25th day of August, 1949.

And also, in pursuance of the provisions of the said section 147
of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, the boundaries of the
County of Rotorua affected by the said Order in Council are hereby
defined as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

And, in further pursuance of the provisions of the said section
147 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, the boundaries of the
South Riding of the County of Rotorua affected by the said Order
in Council are hereby defined as set out in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF ROTORUA

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, containing
by admeasurement approximately 3,611 acres, bounded by a line
commencing at a point on the shores of Lake Rotorua, being the
north-eastern end of the north-western side of Bennetts Road, and
running south-easterly generally along the said shore to a point in
line with the south-eastern boundary of Tahererauti No. 2 Block
(Ohinemutu Pa); thence along a right line, being the production
north-easterly of the aforesaid boundary for a distance of 71·44 links
bearing 46° 01' 40"; thence south-easterly along a right line for a
distance of 2599·54 links bearing 115° 49' 30", and southerly along
another right line for a distance of 215 links bearing 180° 01' 42"
to the original lake shore at the boundary of the Municipal Reserve;
thence again south-easterly and southerly generally along the shores
of the said lake, to and up the left bank of the Puarenga Stream,
to and along the southern side of the Rotorua-Whakatane State
Highway, to and up the middle of Alum Creek to a point, being the
production north-westerly of the south-western boundary of part
of Section 26A, Suburbs of Rotorua; thence along a right line, to
and along the said south-western and southern boundaries of the
said part of Section 26A, to and along the north-western boundaries
of part of Section 5, Block I, Tarawera Survey District, along the
north-western and southern boundaries of Section 14, Block I,
aforesaid, to and along the eastern boundaries of Sections 15 and 17,
of the aforesaid Block I, and along a right line, being the last-
mentioned boundary produced to the northern boundary of Section
5A, Block I, aforesaid; thence along the aforesaid northern boundary,
to and along the left bank of the said Puarenga Stream to a point,
being its intersection with the eastern side of Nelson Street; thence
along a right line across the Puarenga Stream aforesaid, to and along
the south-western boundary of Section 6, Block I, aforesaid, to
the north-western boundary of Rotomahana-Parekarangi No. 4A
Block (Whakarewarewa State Forest Plantation); thence westerly
generally along the aforesaid north-western boundary, to and down
the left bank of the said Puarenga Stream to a point due west of the
northernmost corner of Whakarewarewa No. 2B Block; thence
due west along a right line, across Lot 3 as shown on the plan
numbered 23567, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar
at Auckland, being part of Section 10, Block I, aforesaid, and the
Rotorua-Taupo State Highway to its western side; thence along
the western side of that highway, to and along the western side of
the old Tauranga-Taupo Road, to and along the generally southern
boundary of part of Lot 2, as shown on the plan numbered 23567
deposited as aforesaid, being part of Section 32, Suburbs of Rotorua
and part of Section 10 aforesaid, being that part of the Rotorua
Domain as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 74, of the 18th
day of December, 1947, page 1920, along the southern boundary
of part Section 63, Suburbs of Rotorua, as shown on the plan
numbered 24263, deposited as aforesaid, to and along the eastern
boundaries of Lots 1 and 2, as shown on the plan numbered 26991,
deposited as aforesaid, being parts of Section 64, Suburbs of Rotorua,
the eastern boundary of Section 65, Suburbs of Rotorua, to and
along the north-eastern boundaries of Tihi-O-Tonga part No. C 2B
and Nos. C 2A and A Blocks to Trig. Station 33 (Ngatautara);
thence northerly generally along the south-eastern boundary of the
said Tihi-O-Tonga A Block, to and up the right bank of the Utuhina
Stream to a point, being the production south-easterly of the south-
western boundary of part of Lot 1, as shown on the plan numbered
31952, deposited as aforesaid, being part of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka
No. 3A 1 Block; thence along a right line across the said Utuhina
Stream and part of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka No. 3A 1 Block aforesaid,
to and along the south-western boundary of the aforesaid part of
Lot 1, along the south-western boundary of Lot 1, as shown on the
plan numbered 32372, deposited as aforesaid, being part of the
aforesaid block and along a right line, being that boundary produced
across Sunset Road to its north-western side; thence north-easterly
along the said north-western side to a point, being the production
south-easterly of the south-western boundary of part of Kaitao-
Rotohokahoka No. 2c Block; thence along a right line across
Kaitao-Rotohokahoka No. 2d South Block, to and along the
said south-western boundary, along another right line from the
western corner of the said part of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka No. 2c
Block, across Kaitao-Rotohokahoka Nos. 2B and 2A Blocks, to and
along the north-eastern boundary of part of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka
No. 1A 1 Block and along a right line, being the last-mentioned
boundary produced across View Road to its north-western side;
thence along the north-western side of that road, to and along the
north-eastern boundary of part of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka No. 1A 2
Block, as shown on the plan numbered 25453, deposited as aforesaid,

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

along the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Lot 3 and
the north-eastern boundary of Lot 2, as shown on the plan numbered
12993 deposited as aforesaid, being parts of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka
No. 1c Block, to and along the south-eastern side of Clayton Road
to a point, being the production south-easterly of the south-western
boundary of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka No. 1M 7 Block; thence along
a right line across Clayton Road aforesaid, to and along the said
south-western boundary, and the north-western and north-eastern
boundaries of the said Kaitao-Rotohokahoka No. 1M 7 Block, along
the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of part of Kaitao-
Rotohokahoka No. 1L 1 Block, as shown on the plan numbered
11874, deposited as aforesaid, along the north-western boundary of
another part of Kaitao-Rotohokahoka No. 1L 1 Block, as shown on the
plan numbered 9616, deposited as aforesaid, to and along the western
side of the Cambridge-Rotorua State Highway to a point due west
of the intersection of the southern side of Salisbury Road with the
eastern side of the aforesaid State highway; thence along a right line
across the aforesaid State highway to the said intersection; thence
easterly generally along the north-eastern side of the road-line, as
shown on Maori Land Plan numbered 8665, lodged in the office of the
Chief Surveyor at Auckland, and along a right line, being the
production south-easterly of the said north-eastern side, across the
Auckland-Rotorua Railway to its eastern side; thence along the said
eastern side to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of
the areas to be taken for road and shown on Survey Office plan
numbered 29140, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at
Auckland, and parts of Koutu Nos. 3B and 3A 2A Blocks; thence
along a right line to and along the said north-eastern boundary to and
along the north-western side of Bennett's Road to the point of
commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF ROTORUA

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, bounded by
a line commencing at a point in Block II, Rotorua Survey District,
being the point of intersection of the eastern boundary of the
Matamata County, with the south-western boundary of Section 3,
of Block II, aforesaid, and running easterly generally along the
southern boundary of the Tauranga County, to the intersection of
the northern boundary of Section 12, Block VII, Rotorua Survey
District, with a right line, between the south-eastern corner of Section
6, of Block VI, Waihi South Survey District, and the north-western
corner of part of Section 15, of Block XI, Rotoma Survey District,
aforesaid; thence southerly generally along a right line, to and along
the western boundary of the aforesaid Section 15, the western
boundary of part of Allotment 63, Parish of Matata, to the south-
western corner of that allotment; thence along a right line to Trig.
Station No. 18, Maungawhakamana, situated in Block III, Ruawahia
Survey District, along another right line passing through Trig.
Station No. 38, Ahiwhakamura, situated in Block X, Kaingaroa
Survey District, to its intersection with a right line between Trig.
Station No. 76A, Tawhiwhau, situated in Block XIV, Galatea Survey
District, and Trig. Station No. 31, Paeroa, situated in Block V,
Paeroa Survey District; thence easterly generally along the last-
mentioned right line to the western boundary of the State forest,
as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, of the 12th day of
October, 1922, page 2717; thence southerly generally along the
western boundary of the State forest described as aforesaid, to and
along the western boundaries of the State forests as described in the
New Zealand Gazettes, No. 4 of the 21st day of January, 1926, page
130, No. 6 of the 10th day of February, 1944, page 120, No. 59 of the
18th day of August, 1927, page 2692, and No. 60 of the 21st day of
August, 1930, page 2639, respectively, to the southernmost corner
of Lot 2, as shown on the plan numbered 15253, deposited in the office
of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, being part of the
Kaingaroa No. 2 West No. 1 Block; thence northerly generally
along the south-western boundary of the aforesaid Lot 2, to and down
the middle of the Paetataramoa Stream, to and down the middle of
the Waikato River, to and along the eastern boundary of the
Matamata County, to the point of commencement; save and
excepting thereout the Borough of Rotorua as hereinbefore described.

THIRD SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUTH RIDING, COUNTY OF ROTORUA

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, situated in the
Rotorua County, bounded by a line commencing at a point in Block
X, Rotorua Survey District, being the intersection of the western
boundary of the Rotorua County, as hereinbefore described, with the
middle of the Cambridge-Rotorua State Highway, and running
south-easterly generally along the middle of the said State highway,
to and along the middle of the Auckland-Rotorua Railway to the
middle of the Ngongotaha Stream; thence down the middle of that
stream, to and along the shores of Lake Rotorua, to and along the
western, southern, and eastern boundaries of the Rotorua Borough
as hereinbefore described; again along the shores of Lake Rotorua
aforesaid, to and along the south-western boundary of Whaka-
poungakau No. 16, Section 2B 2F Block, a right line across the
Rotorua-Whakatane State Highway, to and along the south-western
boundaries of Whakapoungakau No. 16, Section 2B 2G 1 Block,
Okataina, Nos. 6B and 6A Blocks to the shores of Lake Tarawera;
thence along the northern shores of the said lake, to and down the
middle of the Tarawera River to the boundary of the Rotorua County
aforesaid; thence southerly, westerly, and northerly generally
along the said county boundary to the point of commencement.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/5/128.)