330 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 16

Boundaries of Town District of Murupara, County of Whakatane, and Galatea Riding of the County of Whakatane Defined

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PURSUANT to section 26 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, the Secretary for Internal Affairs hereby defines, as set out in the Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the Town District of Murupara, the County of Whakatane, and the Galatea Riding of the County of Whakatane, the previous boundaries having been altered by Order in Council made on the 18th day of March 1959, and published in Gazette, 19 March 1959, No. 17, page 348.

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SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF TOWN DISTRICT OF MURUPARA

ALL that area in the South Auckland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Te Teko - Murupara road, in Block XIII, Galatea Survey District, in line with the northern boundary of part Karatia No. 3B 2A 2B Block, containing 62 acres and 24 perches, as shown on M.L. plan 16698, and proceeding easterly generally along a right line to and along that northern boundary and its production to the middle of the Rangitaiki River; then southerly generally up the middle of that river to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of part Section 64, Block XIII aforesaid; then along a right line to and along that boundary, along the middle of the public road forming the eastern boundaries of part Section 64, part Section 59, Lot 269, D.P. S. 4890, Lots 152, 156, and 153, D.P. S. 4889, and part Section 45 and Section 18, all the aforesaid sections being in Block XIII aforesaid, to a point on the north-eastern side of the Rotorua-Waikaremoana State Highway; then along a right line across that highway to the first angle northward from the eastern corner of Section 53, Block XIII aforesaid, on its south-western side; then along that south-western side to and along the southern boundary of the aforesaid Section 53, for a distance of 895·46 links; then north-westerly generally along a series of right lines, 895·46 links distance from, and parallel to, the south-western side of the Rotorua-Waikaremoana State Highway, to and along the northern boundary of Section 34, of the said Block XIII, and along another right line, being the western part of that northern boundary produced to the middle of the Rangitaiki River; then northerly generally down the middle of that river, to and along the middle of the Rotorua-Waikaremoana State Highway, to and along the middle of the Te Teko - Murupara road, to the point of commencement.

BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY OF WHAKATANE

All that area in the South Auckland and Gisborne Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at a point in Block IV, Waihi South Survey District, on the shores of the Bay of Plenty, being the north-eastern corner of Waewaehikitia No. 1 Block, and running south-easterly generally along the said shores to the eastern extremity of the Ohope Land Spit, being a point on the western shores of the entrance to Ohiwa Harbour; then due south along a right line for a distance of 500 links; then due south-west along a right line to the intersection with another right line from the southern extremity of Allotment 249, Waimana Parish (Ohakana Island), and passing through a point 100 links due north of the northern extremity of Allotment 284, Waimana Parish (Uretara Island); then westerly generally along the last-mentioned right line to the southern extremity of Allotment 249 aforesaid, and along a right line to a point 1000 links distant from, and due west of, the northern extremity of Allotment 127, Waimana Parish (Whitiwhiti Point); then along another right line to a point being the intersection of the line of mean high water along the shores of the Ohiwa Harbour aforesaid with the northern boundary of that part of Lot 2, D.P. 12843, being part Allotment 245 of the said Parish, bounded on the south-west by Wainui Road, and along that northern boundary and a right line being that boundary produced across Wainui Road to its western side; then southerly generally along the western and south-western sides of that road to the junction with the western side of the Whakatane-Opotiki State Highway at the north-eastern corner of Allotment 183A, Waimana Parish, and along the western side of that State highway to the south-eastern corner of Allotment 223, Waimana Parish aforesaid; then easterly and again southerly generally along a right line across the said State highway, to and along the southern boundaries of Allotments 268 and 269, Waiotahi Parish, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned allotment; then along a right line to and along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of part Section 6 and the south-eastern boundary of Section 5, both of Block IV, Waimana Survey District, to and along the south-eastern boundaries of Waimana Nos. 1c 1b, 1c 1c 2, 1c 1c 3, 1c 1c 4A, 1c 1c 4B 3, 1d 2B 1b Blocks, Lots 1 and 2, D.P. 16028, Waimana Nos. 1d 2B 2, 1d 3 Blocks, Lot 1, D.P. 15760, and Waimana No. 1d 5B Block, to Trig. Station D, Paitaua, in Block VIII, Waimana Survey District; then north-westerly along the south-western boundary of the aforesaid No. 1d 5B Block to the middle of the Waimana River; then again southerly generally up the middle of the said river to and up the middle of the Tauranga River and the Mangatoatoa Stream, to a point being the intersection near the source of that stream with a right line from Maungatapere Trig. Station, to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; then south-westerly generally along a right line to the last-mentioned trig. station; then south-easterly generally along a right line running in the direction of Puketapu Trig. Station to a point in line with the north-western boundary line of the Waipaoa Block; then south-westerly along a right line to and along the north-western boundaries of the last-mentioned block and a forest reserve, and southerly along the western boundary of the said forest reserve to its intersection with a right line running between Puketapu Trig. Station aforesaid and the most northern point of Lake Waikaremoana; then south-westerly along the last-mentioned line to the said northern corner of Lake Waikaremoana aforesaid; then along a right line passing through a point in Block X, Tuwatawata Survey District, 180 chains due north of Maungataniwha Trig. Station, to the intersection of the said land with a right line running from Trig. Station 69, Tataroakino, in Block VIII, Tarawera Survey District (Hawke’s Bay Land District), to Trig. Station 76A, Tawhiwhau, in Block XIV, Galatea Survey District; then along a right line to Te Taumutu Trig. Station in Block XVI, Heruwi Survey District; then along a right line to Pukeroa Trig. Station in Block XI of the aforesaid Heruwi Survey District; then northerly along a right line to Trig. Station F, Tiritiri, in Block III, Heruwi Survey District aforesaid; then along a right line to Trig. Station No. 76, Taupiri, in Block XII, Wheao Survey District; then along a right line to Trig. Station No. 78, Pekepeke, in Block III, Wheao Survey District; then along a right line to a point being the intersection of a right line between Trig. Station 31, Paeroa, in Block V, Paeroa Survey District, and Trig. Station 76A, Tawhiwhau aforesaid, with the production of a right line between Trig. Station 18, Maungawhakamana, in Block III, Ruawahia Survey District, and Trig. Station 38, Ahiwhakamura, in Block X, Kaingaroa Survey District; then along the last-mentioned right line to Maungawhakamana Trig. Station aforesaid, in Block III, Ruawahia Survey District; then along a right line to the south-western corner of part Allotment 63, Matata Parish; then along the western boundaries of part Allotment 63 aforesaid and part Section 15 of Block XI, Rotoma Survey District, to its north-western corner; then along a right line to and along the eastern boundary of Section 6, Block VI, Waihi South Survey District, to and along the eastern boundary of Tahunaroa No. 3A Block, to and along the eastern boundaries of part Lot 10, Lot 11, part Lot 13, and Lots 14 and 15, D.P. 8636, being parts Tahunaroa No. 2 Block, along the eastern boundaries of Lots 6, 4, and 2, D.P. 35929, being parts Tahunaroa No. 2 Block aforesaid, along the eastern boundaries of part Lot 1, D.P. 8636, crossing the Paeroa-Whakatane State Highway, and along a right line across a public road to and along the eastern boundaries of Waewaehikitia Nos. 3, 2A, and 2B Blocks, the eastern boundary of an Urupa, and along a right line across the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, to and along the eastern boundary of Waewaehikitia No. 1 Block aforesaid, to the point of commencement; excluding therefrom the Borough of Whakatane as described in Gazette, 1950, page 1566, the Borough of Kawerau as described in Gazette, 1957, page 808, and the Town District of Murupara as hereinbefore described.

BOUNDARIES OF GALATEA RIDING

All that area in the South Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in Block XV, Rotoma Survey District, being the southernmost corner of part Allotment 63, Matata Parish (provisional State forest, Gazette, 1920, page 2107), and running generally easterly along the southern boundary of that allotment and the southern boundaries of part Allotment 39 (provisional State forest, Gazette, 1920, page 2107) and another part of Allotment 39 of the aforesaid parish, to and down the left bank of the Tarawera River to the western boundary of Block XIII, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District; then along a right line across that river to the south-western corner of part Allotment 59B 2A of the aforesaid parish; then along the southern boundary of that last-mentioned allotment, the southern boundary of Allotment 59B 1, parts Allotments 59B 2A, 59B 3D 2, and another part of Allotment 59B 3D 2, crossing an intervening public road to the left bank of the Rangitaiki River; then generally southerly up that left bank to and easterly along the southern boundaries of Blocks XIV and XV, Rangitaiki Lower Survey District, to and along the western, southern, and south-eastern boundaries of Oputea Blocks, to and again along the southern boundary of Block XV aforesaid, to and along the western boundaries of Blocks IV, VIII, XII, and XVI, Galatea Survey District, the northern and western boundaries of Block III, and the western boundaries of Blocks VII, XI, and XV, Ahikereru Survey District, and the western boundaries of Blocks III, VII, and XI, Tuwatawata Survey District, to and westerly and then northerly along the southern and western boundaries of the Whakatane County, as hereinbefore described, the point of commencement, save and excepting thereout the Town District of Murupara as hereinbefore described.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of March 1960.

J. V. MEECH, Secretary for Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/10/76)