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Boundaries of County of Geraldine and Borough of
Geraldine Altered

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 5th day of
February 1968
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. KEITH HOLYOAKE, C.H., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes
the following order.
ORDER

1. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of April
3. The area described in the Schedule hereto shall be
   excluded from the County of Geraldine and included in the
   Borough of Geraldine.
   SCHEDULE
   CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT—GERALDINE COUNTY
   PART Lot 1, D.P. 19758, being part R.S. 3159, situated in
   Block VI, Geraldine Survey District: Area, 20 perches, more
   or less.
   P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (I.A. 176/232)
   The Otamatea County Order 1968
   ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
   ORDER IN COUNCIL
   At the Government House at Wellington this 29th day of
   January 1968
   Present:
   HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
   PURSUANT to sections 8A and 165 of the Harbours Act 1950,
   His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
   advice and consent of the Executive Council, and, in relation
   to clause 3 of this order, on the request of the Otamatea
   County Council hereby makes the following order.
   ORDER
4. (1) This order may be cited as the Otamatea County
   Order 1968.
   (2) This order shall come into force on the date of the
   publication in the Gazette.
5. In this order-
   “The Act” means the Harbours Act 1950;
   “The Council” means the Otamatea County Council;
   “Foreshore” means such parts of the bed, shore, or banks
   of a tidal water as are covered and uncovered by the
   flow and ebb of the tide at ordinary spring tides;
   “Minister” means the Minister of Marine, and includes
   any officer, person, or authority by or under the
   direction or authority of the Minister.
6. There is hereby granted to the Council, for a period of
   21 years from the commencement of this order, subject to
   the provisions of sections 8A and 165 of the Act, and to the
   conditions specified in the Second Schedule to this order, the
   control of the foreshore and waters described in the First
   Schedule to this order.
   FIRST SCHEDULE
   DESCRIPTION OF FORESHORE AND WATERS
   Pahi-All that water contained in the area bounded by
   high water and a line 200 yards out from low water, com-
   mencing from a point due east of the northern boundary of
   Section 129 of Pahi Township, Block III, Hukatere Survey
   District; thence proceeding along the coastline in a south-
   westerly and north-westerly direction to a point 200 yards
   out from low-water mark due west of the northern boundary
   of Lot 99 of Pahi Subs., Paparoa Parish, Block XV, Matakohe
   Survey District.
   Whakapirau-All that water contained in the area bounded
   by high-water mark and a line 200 yards out from low water,
   commencing from a point due west of the northern boundary
   of Lot 1, D.P. 47660, Karaka Township, Block III, Hukatere
   Survey District; thence proceeding along the coastline in a
   south-easterly direction to a point 200 yards out from low-
   water mark due west of the northern boundary part Lots 1
   and 3, D.P. 114, Block I, Karaka Township Block, Hukatere
   Survey District.
   Tinopai-All that water contained in the area bounded by
   high-water mark and a line 200 yards out from low water
   commencing from a point due east of the southern boundary
   of Lot 80, D.P. 23803, of Te-Komiti No. 2B, Blocks XI and
   XII, Hukatere Survey District; thence proceeding along the
   coastline in a westerly, south-westerly, southerly, and a
   south-easterly direction to a point 200 yards out from low-
   water mark due east of the south-easterly boundary of Lot 1,
   D.P. 42613, of parts Te Komiti 1A 2A/1A 2F 2B, Blocks VI,
   VIII, and XI, Hukatere Survey District.
   Batley-All that water contained in the area bounded by
   high-water mark and a line 200 yards out from low water
   commencing from a point, the ordinates of which are 2,000
   chains west of Mount Eden and 3,654 chains north of Mount
   Eden to a point 1,978 chains west of Mount Eden and 3,620
   chains north of Mount Eden as shown on Lands and Survey
   Department, Block V, Otamatea Survey District.
   Port Curtis-All that water contained in the area bounded
   by high-water mark and a line 200 yards out from low water
   commencing from a point due north of the eastern boundary
   and thence proceeding in a westerly, southerly, and easterly
   direction to a point due south of the eastern boundary of
   Lots 1 and 6, D.P. 32794, of Allotments 147 and 149, Wairau
   Parish, Block XIII, Waipu Survey District.
   NOTE-The above description covers the foreshore area
   between high water and low water of ordinary spring tides,
   and the waterway area 200 yards from low-water mark.
   SECOND SCHEDULE
   CONDITIONS
7. Her Majesty or the Governor-General and all officers in
   the Government service acting in the execution of their duty
   shall, at all times, have free ingress, passage, and egress into,
   over, and out of the foreshore and waters described in the
   First Schedule to this order without payment.
8. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Council to
   do, or cause to be done, anything repugnant to, or inconsistent
   with, any law relating to the Customs, or with any regulation
   of the Minister of Customs, or with any provision of the
   Harbours Act 1950 or its amendments, or any regulations
   made thereunder that are, or may hereafter be, in force.
9. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this
   Order in Council shall not apply to those portions of the
   foreshore required for securing the shore ends of any tele-
   graph cables that are at present, or may be at any time, laid
   down within the said area of foreshore.
10. The Council may enclose any part or parts of the fore-
    shore described in the First Schedule hereto for the purpose
    of holding athletic sports or games and may, by bylaws, fix
    a charge for admission to such enclosed part or parts:
    Provided that the total number of days on which such
    enclosures are made shall not exceed six in any one year.
11. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Council to
    remove, or cause to be removed, any stone, sand, shingle, or
    shells, without the consent of the Minister being first obtained.
12. Subject to the provisions of section 8A of the Act, the
    Council for and within the area of waters described in the
    First Schedule hereto-
    (a). May, by bylaw, do anything which a harbour board
    may do by bylaw under section 232 of the Act;
    (b) May appoint harbourmasters and other officers, and
    define or limit their powers or duties.
    (c) Shall have all the powers, functions, duties, and
    authorities of a harbour board under the Act as if it
    were constituted a harbour board.
13. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any
    time resumed by the Governor-General, without payment or
    any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council six
    calendar months’ notice in writing. Any such notice shall be
    sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at, or posted
    to, the last-known address of the Council in New Zealand.
    P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
    (M. 4/6319)
    Postponing the Revision of District Valuation Roll
    ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
    ORDER IN COUNCIL
    At the Government House at Wellington this 29th day of
    January 1968
    Present:
    HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
    PURSUANT to the Valuation of Land Act 1951, His Excellency
    the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and
    consent of the Executive Council, hereby directs that the
    revision of the District Valuation Roll for the County of
    Waimea shall be postponed and that such revision shall
    thereupon be made not later than as at 31 March 1969.
    P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.