NOTICE

1. (a) This notice may be cited as the Motor Launch
   (Tuakau, Waikato River) Notice 1974.
   (b) This notice shall come into force on the date of its
   publication in the Gazette, and shall remain in
   force until revoked by further notice in the Gazette.

2. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Third Schedule
   to this order, regulations 11 and 12 of the Motor Launch
   Regulations 1962 shall not apply with respect to the area
   described in the First Schedule to this order.

3. The area described in the Second Schedule to this
   order shall be an access lane.

FIRST SCHEDULE

ALL that area of water of the Waikato River bounded to
the east by a line drawn on 002° true direction from the
eastern corner of Smeeds Road Landing to a point of land
on the opposite shore known as “Little Rock”, and bounded
to the west by a line drawn in a 033° true direction from
the southern shore of the Waikato River through the eastern-
most point of Te Weranga-O-Kapu Island to the northern
shore of the river, excepting thereout all that area of water
south-eastward of Opuwhango Island bounded by parallel
lines drawn at 153° direction from the north-easternmost
point and the south-westernmost point of Opuwhango Island.

SECOND SCHEDULE

ALL that area of water of the Waikato River within 75 yd
of the north-eastern shore of the river, and bounded on the
sides by parallel lines 175 yd apart, the south-eastern bound-
ary line being the line of the north-western side of the Tuakau
Bridge.

THIRD SCHEDULE

CONDITIONS

1. The limits of the areas described in the First Schedule
   to this order shall be marked with conspicuous posts, painted
   with 12 in. black and orange bands, erected on the banks
   of the following places:

(a) At the upstream and downstream limits on both banks;
and
(b) Each end of Opuwhango Island and the corresponding
places on the southern banks of the river.

2. The downstream limit of the area described in the Second
   Schedule to this order shall be marked with a conspicuous
   post, painted with 12 in. black and orange bands, erected
   on the north-eastern bank.

3. Within the area described in the First Schedule to this
   order no person shall propel or navigate a motor launch
   or cause any water ski, aquaplane, other similar object, or
   person towed by any motor launch to be pulled, propelled,
   navigated, or manoeuvred at a proper speed greater than
   5 miles per hour when:

(a) Within 100 ft of any other vessel; or
(b) Within 100 ft of any person in the water, or bathing,
or fishing.

4. (a) Ski-ing and boat activities must give way to other
   traffic using the river, e.g. sand barges, surveying
   and river gauging;
   (b) River traffic has the right to proceed without hindrance
   through the water ski area at all times.

5. (a) A notice board measuring not less than 2 ft 6 in.
   by 2 ft, painted bright orange with black lettering, shall be
   erected on the bank at each place where boats are normally
   launched. The upper and middle portion of the aforesaid
   notice board shall contain the following notice:

"NOTICE

MOTOR LAUNCH REGULATIONS 1962

There is no speed restriction for motor launches and
water skiers using the area shown cross-hatched on the plan
below, subject to the following conditions:

1. No person shall propel or navigate a motor launch,
   or cause any water ski, aquaplane, other similar object, or
   person towed by any motor launch to be pulled, propelled,
   navigated, or manoeuvred at a proper speed greater than
   5 miles per hour when:

(i) Within 100 ft of any other vessel; or
(ii) Within 100 ft of any other person in the water, or
bathing, or fishing.

2. Ski-ing and boat activities must give way to other traffic
   using the river, e.g., sand barges, survey and river gauging;

3. River traffic has the right to proceed without hindrance
   through the water ski-ing area at all times."

(b) The notice board to be erected in the area described
in the Second Schedule of this order shall carry
the following additional notice:

"4. Bathing and fishing are prohibited between
Tuakau Bridge and a point 175 yd downstream, as
shown green on plan below."

(c) A plan of the area, on a scale of not less than 5 chains
to 1 in. shall be displayed in the lower portion of
the aforesaid notices. The plan shall show the areas
above described in the following manner:

(i) For the First Schedule to this order—cross-
hatched, excepting the area of water south-eastward
of Opuwhango Island.

(ii) For the Second Schedule to this order—solid
green.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of September 1974.
BASIL ARTHUR, Minister of Transport.
*MOTOR LAUNCH REGULATIONS 1962/180
(M.O.T. 43/68/10/5)

The Motor Launch (Ngāruawāhia, Waikato River) Notice
1974—Ngāruawāhia Domain Board

PURSUANT to the Motor Launch Regulations 1962*, the
Minister of Transport hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Motor Launch
   (Ngāruawāhia, Waikato River) Notice 1974.
   (2) This notice shall come into force on the date of its
   publication in the Gazette, and shall remain in force until
   revoked by further notice in the Gazette.

2. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Second Schedule
   hereto regulations 11 and 12 of the Motor Launch Regula-
   tions 1962 shall not apply with respect to the area described
   in the First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

ALL that area of water of the Waikato River bounded by
the arc of a circle of 5 furlongs radius centred on the
northernmost corner point (the Ngāruawāhia Water Ski Club
property at Allotment 123A, Horotiu Parish) and as marked
by posts on both banks of the Waikato River upstream and
downstream of the said centre point.

SECOND SCHEDULE

1. No person shall propel or navigate a powered vessel
   at a proper speed greater than 5 miles per hour when:

(a) Within 100 ft of any other vessel; or
(b) Within 100 ft of any person in the water, or bathing,
or fishing

2. The area of water described in the First Schedule hereto
   shall be shown cross-hatched on a plan of the river on
   a scale not less than 5 chains to 1 in., which shall be displayed
   on the lower portion of a notice board measuring not less
   than 2 ft 6 in. by 2 ft, painted bright orange with black
   lettering, which notice board shall be erected at each place
   where boats are normally launched.

3. The limits of the area defined in the First Schedule
   hereto shall be marked by prominent posts, painted with
   12 in. black and bright orange bands, erected as close as
   practicable to the edge of the river.

4. The upper and middle portion of the aforesaid notice
   board shall contain the following notice:

“NOTICE

MOTOR LAUNCH REGULATIONS 1962

There is no speed restriction for motor launches and
water skiers using the area shown cross-hatched on the plan
below.

No person shall propel or navigate a powered vessel at
a proper speed greater than 5 miles per hour when:

(a) Within 100 ft of any other vessel; or
(b) Within 100 ft of any person in the water, or bathing,
or fishing.”

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of September 1974.
BASIL ARTHUR, Minister of Transport.
*Motor Launch Regulations 1962/180
(M.O.T. 43/68/10/3)