District Boundaries and Appointments




Redefining the Boundaries of the Hutt Valley Electric Power District

Pursuant to subsection (2) of section 8 of the Wellington
Harbour Reclamation Act 1955, the General Manager of the
State Hydro-electric Department hereby defines, as set out in
the Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the Hutt Valley Electric
Power District, the previous boundaries having been altered
by subsection (1) of the said section.

SCHEDULE

HUTT VALLEY ELECTRIC POWER DISTRICT

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District comprising
the City of Lower Hutt, the Boroughs of Petone, Eastbourne,
Upper Hutt, and Tawa Flat, part of the City of Wellington,
and parts of the counties of Hutt and Makara, bounded by
a line commencing at a point on the mean high-water mark
of the sea, in line with the south-western boundary of
Section 55, Wainui District situated in Block III, Paekakariki
Survey District; thence south-easterly to and along that bound-
ary, along the western and southern boundaries of Section 64,
Wainui District, and along the western side of the Pauatahanui-
Paekakariki Main Highway to the northern boundary of
Pukerua No. 1, across that highway to and along the north-
ern boundary of Section 48, Horokiwi Valley District, and
its production to the north-eastern boundary of Section 102 of
Allocation Block 24; thence southerly generally along that
boundary and the eastern boundaries of Sections 66 and 64,
Horokiwi Valley District, to the north-western corner of
Section 2, Block VII, Paekakariki Survey District; thence
easterly along the northern boundaries of that Section and
Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block VII, aforesaid, and Section 2,
Block IX, Akatarawa Survey District, to the south-western
corner of Section 1, Block IX, aforesaid; thence northerly
along the western boundaries of Sections 1, 11, 12, and 13,
Block IX, aforesaid, Sections 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, Block V, Akata-
rawa Survey District, to the road forming the northern bound-
aries of the last-mentioned section; thence easterly generally
along the southern side of that road, across another road,
to and along the southern and eastern sides of the road form-
ing the northern and western boundaries of Section 1, Block
VI, Akatarawa Survey District, and Section 5, Block II,
Akatarawa Survey District, to and along the northern bound-
ary of the last-mentioned section, along the western and
northern boundaries of Section 406, Hutt District, across
the Akatarawa-Waikanae road to and along the northern
and eastern boundaries of Section 407, along the eastern
boundaries of Sections 404, 403, all of Hutt District, along
the northern boundary of Section 5, Block III, Akatarawa
Survey District, to and along the western side of a road, to
a point in line with the northern boundary of Section 2, Block
VII, Akatarawa Survey District, to and along that boundary
and along the southern side of a road to the easternmost
corner of the said Section 2; thence north-easterly across
a road to and along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections
12, 11, and 10, Block III, Akatarawa Survey District, to the
eastern corner of the said Section 10; thence easterly along a
right line to the summit of Mount Hector; thence southerly
and south-westerly along the summit of the Tararua and
Rimutaka Ranges to Waimarara Trig. Station, and along a
right line to the sea coast at Turakirae Head; thence north-
westerly and north-easterly along the sea coast and the shore
of Port Nicholson, to the southernmost corner of Section 4,
Block XVI, Belmont Survey District; thence north-westerly
generally along the south-western boundary of that section
and the south-western and western boundaries of Section 5,
Block XVI aforesaid, to the southern boundary of the land re-
claimed from Port Nicholson, as shown on the plan numbered
19810 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Welling-
ton; thence northerly along the mean high-water mark form-
ing the western boundary of the said reclaimed land to a
point in line with the southern side of Marine Parade,
Borough of Petone; thence along a right line to the inter-
section of the southern side of Marine Parade with the
western side of the western branch of the Hutt River forming
the boundary of the Borough of Petone, as described in the
Gazette, 1888, at page 740, and the Gazette, 1910, at page 775;
thence westerly generally along the southern boundaries of
the said Borough of Petone, to a point in line with the north-
eastern boundary of Section 19, Harbour District; thence
south-westerly along the shore of Port Nicholson, to a point
in line with the north-eastern boundary of Section 7, Harbour
District; thence north-westerly along that boundary to the
easternmost corner of the land contained in certificate of title,
Volume 222, folio 65, and along the southern and western
boundaries of that land to and along the north-eastern and
north-western boundaries of the said section 7, to and along the
north-eastern boundary of Section 4, Harbour District, to the
Wellington-Auckland Railway Reserve, in Section 5, Porirua
District; thence northerly generally along the eastern boundaries
of that reserve to and along the north-eastern boundary of
Section 5, aforesaid, to the south-eastern boundary of Section
107, Ohariu District; thence south-westerly along that boundary
to the southernmost corner of that section; thence north-westerly
along the south-western boundaries of that section and Section
95, Ohariu District, to the southernmost corner of Section 94,
Ohariu District; thence northerly along a right line to the
northernmost corner of the said Section 94, and its production
across Old Ohariu Road; thence westerly along the northern
side of that road to a point in line with the north-western
boundary of Section 93, Ohariu District; thence south-westerly
to and along that boundary to the westernmost corner of that
section, a right line to the northernmost corner of Section 9,
Kaiwharawhara District, along the north-western and south-
western boundaries of that section to the northernmost corner
of Section 7, Kaiwharawhara District, along the north-western
and south-western boundaries of that section to the northern-
most corner of Subdivision I of the Otari Maori Reserve, along
the north western boundaries of Subdivisions I, II, III, IV,
V, VI, VII, and VIII, Otari Maori Reserve, the south-western
boundary of the last-mentioned subdivision and its production
to the right bank of the Kaiwharawhara Stream, and up the
right bank of that stream to a point in line with the south-
eastern boundary of the Otari Maori Reserve, and a right line
to and along that boundary to the easternmost corner of
Section 56, Karori District; thence westerly generally along the
north-eastern and north-western boundaries of that section,
the north-western boundaries of Sections 57 and 58, Karori
District, along the abutment of a public road and along the
northern boundary of Section 40, Makara District, to the
south-eastern corner of Section 29, Makara District; thence
northerly generally along the eastern boundaries of Sections 29
and 30, the southern, eastern, and northern boundaries of
Section 51, the eastern boundaries of Sections 34 and 36, the
southern and eastern boundaries of Section 53, all of Makara
District, along the eastern boundary of Section 87, the south-
ern, south-eastern, and north-eastern boundaries of Section 104,
the north-eastern boundary of Section 79, across a public road,
to and along the north-eastern boundary of Section 76, along
the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Section 99,
all of Ohariu District, and the production of the last-men-
tioned boundary to the mean high-water mark of the sea;
thence north-easterly generally along the said mean high-water
mark of the sea and Porirua Harbour to the westernmost
corner of Section 98, Porirua District, situated in Block VIII,
Paekakariki Survey District; thence north-easterly along
the north-western boundary of that section to the railway
bridge; thence northerly across that bridge to the southern
boundary of Section 81, Porirua District, being a point on
the mean high-water mark of Porirua Harbour, along that
mean high-water mark and the mean high-water mark of the
sea, to a point in line with the south-western boundary
of Section 55, Wainui District, being the point of commence-
ment.

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan
marked S.H.D. 432 deposited in the office of the State Hydro-
electric Department at Wellington, and thereon outlined in red.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of March 1957.

A. E. DAVENPORT,
General Manager of the
State Hydro-electric Department.

(S.H.D. 10/35/1)

Otago Education Board—Election of Member

Pursuant to the Education Act 1914, it is hereby notified that
one nomination only, that of William Rutherford, was received
to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the Central Otago Com-
bined Group of Wards of the Education Board of the district
of Otago caused by the resignation of Mr. J. I. Fraser.

I hereby declare William Rutherford duly elected to fill the
vacancy in the group of wards mentioned above.

R. F. PHILLIPPS, Returning Officer.

Dunedin, 28 February 1957.

Land in the Wellington Land District Acquired as Permanent
State Forest Land

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule
hereto has been acquired under the Forests Act 1949 as
permanent State forest land.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—WELLINGTON CONSERVANCY

ALL that area in Kiwitea County containing 1,022 acres 2
roods, more or less, being Lot 1 on D.P. 19106, being
part of Section 1, Block X, Ruahine Survey District, and being
part of the land in certificate of title, Volume 215, folio 170.
As shown on plan No. 78/9 deposited in the Head Office of
the New Zealand Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of March 1957.

ALEX. R. ENTRICAN, Director of Forestry.

(F.S. 9/3/63)



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🏗️ Redefining Hutt Valley Electric Power District Boundaries

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
12 March 1957
Hutt Valley Electric Power District, Boundaries, State Hydro-electric Department, Wellington Land District, Lower Hutt, Petone, Upper Hutt, Tawa Flat, Wellington, Makara, Hutt County
  • A. E. Davenport, General Manager of the State Hydro-electric Department

🎓 Otago Education Board - Election of Member

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
28 February 1957
Otago Education Board, Election, Extraordinary Vacancy, Central Otago, William Rutherford, J. I. Fraser
  • William Rutherford, Elected to Education Board
  • J. I. Fraser (Mr), Resigned from Education Board

  • R. F. Phillipps, Returning Officer

🌾 Land Acquired as Permanent State Forest Land

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
8 March 1957
State Forest Land, Wellington Land District, Kiwitea County, Forests Act 1949, Ruahine Survey District
  • Alex. R. Entrican, Director of Forestry