boundary of the Rangitoto Tuhua Block, in Block XII, Tuhua Survey District; thence northerly generally along the south-eastern and eastern boundaries of the subdivisions of the said Rangitoto Tuhua Block which abut its generally eastern boundary (passing through State Forest (Gazette 1935, page 581), and Section 1, Block IX, Hurakia Survey District) to the middle of the Ongarue River; thence along the generally easterly and south-easterly boundaries of the Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Land Court District, hereinbefore described, to the sea coast at the point of commencement; and including White and Motuhora Islands and all other adjacent islands.

THE TAIRAWHITI MAORI LAND COURT DISTRICT

All that area of land within the Land Districts of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay bounded as follows: Commencing at a point where the western boundary of Wharekahika Block meets the mean high-water mark of the sea (Potikirua); thence southerly generally by the western boundaries of Wharekahika Block, Sections 1 and 2, Block X, Matakaoa Survey District, and Tapatu Waitangirua 2D Block, State forest, formerly Section 1 and Section 2, Block I, Mangaoparo Survey District; thence westerly by the northern boundaries of part Waiorongomai Block and a State forest to Pakira Trig. Station, situated where the boundaries of Block I, Mangaoparo, and Blocks VII and VIII, Raukumara East Survey Districts meet; thence south-westerly by a right line to a point being the north-western corner of Maungaparahi Block, Block VII, Raukumara East Survey District; thence south-westerly by the north-western boundaries of said Maungaparahi Block, Lots 1, 4, and 5, D.P. 2663, to Honokawa Trig. Station, situated at the south-western corner of aforesaid Lot 5, D.P. 2663, Block X, Raukumara East Survey District; thence south-westerly generally by a leading range being the northern boundaries of Raukumara East and Maungawaru Survey Districts to Purahotakaha Trig. Station, situated on the common boundary between Block III, Maungawaru, and Block XV, Haparapara Survey Districts; thence south-westerly by the north-western boundaries of Blocks III and II, Maungawaru Survey District, to the middle of the Motu River; thence up the middle of the Motu River to a point situated on the common boundary between Blocks I, Ngateretere, and II, Urutawa East Survey Districts, due east of the south-easternmost corner of Whitikau 2A Block, situated in Block VIII, Urutawa Survey District; thence due west by a right line for a distance of 140 chains approximately to aforesaid corner of Whitikau 2A Block; thence westerly generally by the northern side of a public road to a public road; thence northerly generally across a public road and by the eastern side of a public road to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section 8, Block VIII, Urutawa Survey District; thence south-westerly across a public road and by the said northern boundary, across a public road and by the northern boundary of Section 3, Block II, Urutawa East Survey District, to Trig. Station 769, situated on the boundary between Block VII, Urutawa, and Block II, Urutawa East Survey Districts; thence north-westerly by the northern boundary of aforesaid Section 3, to and across the Opotiki-Matawai via Motu Main Highway No. 566, by the northern boundary of Section 2, Block I, Urutawa East Survey District, across a public road and by the northern boundary of a scenic reserve, Block I, Urutawa East Survey District, to its northernmost corner; thence south-westerly by a right line to Trig. Station Z, situated in Block I, Urutawa East Survey District; thence by a right line on a bearing of 199° 51' 52" for a distance of 29443.3 links, to its intersection with the southern boundary of Section 3, Block III, Urutawa East Survey District; thence easterly by the southern boundary of said Section 3 to the north-westernmost corner of Lot 1 of Section 24, Block II, Motu Survey District; thence south-westerly by the north-western boundaries of said Lot 1 of Section 24, Section 23, Block II, Motu Survey District, and Whakapaupakihi No. 2 Block to Trig. Station Moutohora 149 on the boundary between Block XIV, Urutawa, and Block II, Motu Survey Districts; thence southerly by a right line to the north-westernmost corner of Motu No. 1 Block, situated in Block II, Motu Survey District; thence south-westerly by a right line to Pokaikiri Trig. Station, situated where the boundaries of Blocks I and II, Motu West, and Block V, Motu Survey Districts meet; thence south-westerly by a right line to the westernmost corner of Section 3, Block XV, Moanui Survey District; again south-westerly by a right line to the north-western corner of Block XIII, Moanui Survey District; thence south-easterly by a right line to Te Wana Trig. Station, situated on the boundary between Block II, Koranga West, and Block VI, Koranga Survey Districts; thence in a southerly and south-westerly direction by the western and north-western boundaries of State forest and Forest Reserve to the north-westernmost corner of Block XVII, Waikaremoana Survey District (Trig. Station Pukepuke); thence southerly generally, by the western boundaries of aforesaid Block XVII, and Block XVIII, Waikaremoana Survey District, to the foreshore of Lake Waikaremoana; thence south-westerly generally by the foreshore of Lake Waikaremoana to the north-westernmost corner of Block XXV, Waiau Survey District; again south-westerly by the western boundaries of said Block XXV, Sections 4 and 3, Block V, Waiau Survey District, Lot 1, D.P. 4393, and part Section 1, Block VIII, Mangahopai Survey District, to the middle of the Waiau River; thence north-westerly generally up the middle of the Waiau River to a point in line with the northernmost corner of Maungataniwha Block, Block II, Mangahopai Survey District; thence south-westerly to and by the western boundary of said Maungataniwha Block to the middle of the Te Hoe Stream; thence down

the middle of the Te Hoe Stream to its confluence with the Mohaka River; thence down the middle of the said Mohaka River to the mean high-water mark of the sea; thence in a northerly direction generally along the mean high-water mark of the sea to the point where it meets the western boundary of Wharekahika Block, the place of commencement (Potikirua).

THE AOTEA MAORI LAND COURT DISTRICT

All that area in the South Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the mouth of the Mokau River on the shore of the Tasman Sea and proceeding easterly generally along the southern boundary of the Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Land Court District as hereinbefore described to the western boundary of Waiariki Maori Land Court District as hereinbefore described; thence southerly and easterly along the western and southern boundaries of the last-mentioned district to the north-western corner of the Umupapamaro Block in Block I, Tarawera Survey District; thence along the eastern and southern boundaries of the Wharetoto Block and the production of the last-mentioned boundary to the middle of the Mohaka River; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the north-western boundary of State forest, number 21; thence to and along that boundary and its production to the middle of the Ngaruroro River; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of the Owhaoko Block; thence south-westerly to and along that boundary and its production to the middle of the Te Waiamaru Stream; thence down the middle of that stream, to and down the middle of the Taruarau River, to and up the middle of the Ikawetea Stream, to and up the middle of the Makirikiri Stream to the northern boundary of the Awarua Block; thence westerly along that boundary to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence southerly generally along the summit of that range to a point due east of the source of the Kawhatau River; thence to and down the middle of that river and the middle of the Rangitikei River to its mouth; thence north-westerly, northerly, and north-easterly along the sea coast to the point of commencement.

THE IKAROA MAORI LAND COURT DISTRICT

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay and Wellington Land Districts bounded towards the north-west by the Aotea Maori Land Court District hereinbefore described, towards the north by the Waiariki and Tairawhiti Maori Land Court Districts as hereinbefore described, and towards the south-east, south, and west by the sea, and including Kapiti Island and other adjacent islands.

THE SOUTH ISLAND MAORI LAND COURT DISTRICT

All that area comprising the South Island, Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, and the islands adjacent.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(M.A. 1/1/37)

Varying an Order in Council Exempting Maori Land from Payment of Rates

COBHAM, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL At the Government House at Wellington this 8th day of August 1962 Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL PURSUANT to section 104 of the Rating Act 1925, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby varies in the manner following, the Order in Council made on the 19th day of February 1930 and published in the Gazette on the 20th day of February 1930, at page 439, exempting Te Arero 2A and other blocks from the payment of rates, that is to say—

(a) The said Order in Council shall cease to apply to the lands described in the Schedule hereto:

(b) The lands other than the lands described in the Schedule hereto affected by the said Order in Council shall be exempted from rates to the extent of four-fifths of the rates which would otherwise be levied in respect of the 1962–63 rating year, of three-fifths of the rates which would otherwise be levied in respect of the 1963–64 rating year, of two-fifths of the rates which would otherwise be levied in respect of the 1964–65 rating year, and of one-fifth of the rates which would otherwise be levied in respect of the 1965–66 rating year, but shall cease to be exempted from rates by the said Order in Council as from the 1st day of April 1966.