✨ Government Orders and Declarations




14 JULY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
915
Authorising the Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand
to Use Water for the Purpose of Generating Electricity and
to Erect and Use Certain Electric Lines at Franz Josef
Glacier
COBHAM, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 13th day of
July 1960
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency the
Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, hereby grants to the Tourist Hotel
Corporation of New Zealand (hereinafter referred to as the
licensee) a licence, subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth, to take and use from the Atupau River (hereinafter
referred to as the said stream), situated in Block XII, Waiho
Survey District, in the County of Westland, for the purpose
hereinafter set forth, a stream of water not exceeding 20 cubic
feet per second at any one time and to lay, construct, put
up, place, and use the electric lines hereinafter described, also
such further lines as may be necessary for the supplying of
electricity within the area of supply hereinafter defined.
CONDITIONS
IMPLIED CONDITIONS

  1. The conditions directed to be implied in all licences by the
    Water Power Regulations 1934 and the Electrical Supply
    Regulations 1935 shall be incorporated in and shall form part
    of this licence, except in so far as the same may be inconsistent
    with the provisions hereof.
    LICENCE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS
  2. This licence is issued under the Water Power Regulations
    1934, and is subject thereto, and to the Electrical Supply Regu-
    lations 1935 and the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1935, and
    to any regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in
    substitution therefor.
    UTILISATION OF WATER AND LOCATION OF HEADWORKS
  3. Water shall be used under this licence solely for the
    purpose of generating electricity, and shall be taken from the
    said stream at the point in Block XII, Waiho Survey District,
    indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 96643 deposited in the
    office of the New Zealand Electricity Department at Welling-
    ton.
    GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS AND AREA OF SUPPLY
  4. The licensee is hereby authorised, subject to the conditions
    hereof, to construct, maintain, and use the following works
    for the purposes of this licence, the positions of the said works
    being indicated on the said plan P.W.D. 96643.
    (a) Headworks consisting of dam and intake, with water-race,
    tunnels and pipeline leading to the water wheel and
    powerhouse hereinafter referred to, giving a static
    head of approximately 150 ft.
    (b) Water wheel and powerhouse with all necessary equip-
    ment for generating electricity, situated in Block XII,
    Waiho Survey District.
    (c) Tail race leading from the said water wheel back to the
    said stream.
    (d) Electric lines leading from the powerhouse aforesaid
    across part Blocks XII, XI, and VIII; thence across
    and along an unformed road in the Waiho Township;
    thence across the main road to the licensee's premises
    and shown by means of a black line on the said plan,
    and also such further lines as may from time to time
    be necessary for the supplying of electrical energy
    within a radius of 20 chains of the Glacier Hotel,
    situated in the Township of Waiho, such area being
    shown bordered red on plan P.W.D. 98013 deposited
    in the office of the New Zealand Electricity Depart-
    ment at Wellington.
    DURATION OF LICENCE
  5. This licence shall, unless sooner determined, continue in
    force until the 31st day of March 1981.
    SYSTEM OF SUPPLY
  6. The system of supply shall be as described in paragraphs
    (a), (d), and (f) of clause 21-01 of the Electrical Supply
    Regulations 1935. The generating voltage shall be 400 volts
    and transmission voltage shall be approximately 11,000 volts
    alternating current between phases.
    RENTAL
  7. For the purpose of assessing the rental or annual sum
    payable in respect of the licence, the maximum generating
    capacity of the plant at the commencement of this licence
    is 150 kilowatts.
    PROTECTION OF BIRDS AND WILD ANIMAL LIFE
  8. The licensee or his assigns shall not do or permit any of
    their servants, agents, or workmen to do anything in pur-
    suance of this licence which may cause the destruction of birds
    or of any form of wild animal life.
    Trees Not to be Felled or Branches Removed Except by
    Consent
  9. The headworks and pipelines shall be so constructed and
    at all times maintained by the licensee so that no damage or
    disfigurement shall be done to or suffered by the scenic reserve.
    No trees shall be felled or branches removed in connection
    with the construction or maintenance of any works (including
    transmission lines) without the prior consent in writing of the
    Commissioner of Crown Lands for the district being first had
    and obtained, and the Commissioner may, in granting such
    consent, impose such conditions as he may consider necessary.
    LICENSEE SHALL PROTECT BUSH AND TREES FROM FIRE
  10. The licensee shall take all reasonable precautions to
    protect the bush and trees on the scenic reserve from fire.
    LICENSEE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO BUSH
  11. The licensee shall be responsible for any damage to the
    bush and/or trees on the scenic reserve from fire, or otherwise,
    caused by the licensee or his employees, agents, or workmen.
    No Right to Water Conferred
  12. Nothing in this licence shall of itself confer upon the
    licensee any right to water.
    T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
    (N.Z.E.D. 11/20/30)
    Declaring Road in Block VIII, Hokianga Survey District,
    to be Government Road
    COBHAM, Governor-General
    ORDER IN COUNCIL
    At the Government House at Wellington this 6th day of
    July 1960
    Present:
    HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
    PURSUANT to section 112 of the Public Works Act 1928,
    His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and
    with the advice and consent of the Executive Council,
    hereby orders and declares that the portion of road described
    in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this
    Order in Council, become Government road.
    SCHEDULE
    NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
    All that piece of road containing 2 roods 16Β·1 perches,
    situated in Block VIII, Hokianga Survey District, Auckland
    R.D., adjoining or passing through Waimamaku B No. 2c No.
    2B, Waimamaku B No. 2c No. 2A, and Waimamaku B No. 2c No.
    1 Blocks; as the same is more particularly delineated on the
    plan marked M.O.W. 367 (S.O. 41721) deposited in the office
    of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured
    green.
    T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
    (P.W. 70/ 1/36/0; D.O 1/36/0)
    Declaring Road in Block VII, Takahue Survey District, to be
    Government Road
    COBHAM, Governor-General
    ORDER IN COUNCIL
    At the Government House at Wellington this 6th day of
    July 1960
    Present:
    HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
    PURSUANT to section 112 of the Public Works Act 1928, His
    Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice
    and consent of the Executive Council, hereby orders and
    declares that the piece of road described in the Schedule hereto
    shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become
    Government road.
    SCHEDULE
    NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
    All that piece of road containing 2 roods 37Β·6 perches, situated
    in Block VII, Takahue Survey District, Auckland R.D., adjoin-
    ing or passing through Te Konoti B 1sw 3A and B 1sw 3B
    Blocks; as the same is more particularly delineated on the
    plan marked P.W.D. 149263 (S.O. 38787) deposited in the
    office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon
    coloured green.
    T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
    (P.W. 70/1/1/0; D.O. 1/1/0/24)


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πŸ—οΈ Licence to Tourist Hotel Corporation for Electricity Generation

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
13 July 1960
Electricity generation, Tourist Hotel Corporation, Franz Josef Glacier, Westland
  • Cobham, Governor-General
  • T. J. Sherrard, Clerk of the Executive Council

πŸ—οΈ Declaration of Road as Government Road in Hokianga Survey District

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
6 July 1960
Government road, Hokianga Survey District, Auckland
  • Cobham, Governor-General
  • T. J. Sherrard, Clerk of the Executive Council

πŸ—οΈ Declaration of Road as Government Road in Takahue Survey District

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
6 July 1960
Government road, Takahue Survey District, Auckland
  • Cobham, Governor-General
  • T. J. Sherrard, Clerk of the Executive Council