26 MARCH

Crescent, and along a right line to the south-western corner
of Lot 1, D.P. 16868; thence easterly, northerly, and easterly
along the boundary between Lots 1 and 2, D.P. 16868, and
its production to the middle of the Main North Road (No. 1
State Highway); thence southerly along the middle of that
road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 1,
D.P. 16479; thence easterly to and along that boundary
and the southern boundary of Lot 2, D.P. 21552, to the
north-eastern corner of Lot 8, D.P. 8761; thence southerly
along the eastern boundary of that lot and its production
to the point of commencement.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 103/5/291)

Amending the Waiheke County Foreshore Order 1972

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 3rd day
of March 1975
Present:
THE HON. R. J. TIZARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 165 of the Harbours Act 1950, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby amends
the Waiheke County Foreshore Order 1972 by deleting
from the First Schedule the words “All the foreshore
adjoining the Waiheke County” and substituting the words
“All the foreshore adjoining Waiheke Island”.
P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
New Zealand Gazette, 11 January 1973, p. 4
(M.O.T. 54/14/62)

Union of Rangitikei County and Hunterville Independent Town
District, Constitution of Hunterville as a Community

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 24th day
of March 1975
Present:
THE HON. R. J. TIZARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Local Government Act 1974 and the Local
Government Commission Act 1967 (to the extent that it con-
tinues in force in relation to this order), His Excellency the
Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following
order.
ORDER

1. This order shall come into effect on 1 April 1975.
2. The Hunterville Independent Town District shall be
   united with the district of Rangitikei County (and included
   within the Rangitira Riding of that county), to form one
   county under the name of the “County of Rangitikei” (in
   this order referred to as the “new district”).
3. The council of the Hunterville Independent Town Dis-
   trict shall be dissolved.
4. For the purpose of representation only, the new district
   shall be divided into 12 ridings as follows:
   Bulls Town Riding: being the former Bulls Town Riding
   of Rangitikei County.
   Rangitoto Riding: being the former Rangitoto Riding of
   Rangitikei County.
   Otakapu Riding: being the former Otakapu Riding of
   Rangitikei County.
   Whangaehu Riding: being the former Whangaehu Riding of
   Rangitikei County.
   Porewa Riding: being the former Porewa Riding of
   Rangitikei County.
   Otairi Riding: being the former Otairi Riding of Rangitikei
   County.
   Te Kapua Riding: being the former Te Kapua Riding of
   Rangitikei County.
   Awarua Riding: being the former Awarua Riding of Rangi-
   tikei County.

Ruanui Riding: being the former Ruanui Riding of Rangi-
tikei County.
Erewhon Riding: being the former Erewhon Riding of
Rangitikei County.
Pukepapa Riding: being the former Pukepapa Riding of
Rangitikei County.
Rangitira Riding: being the area of the former Rangitira
Riding of Rangitikei County together with the area of the
former Hunterville Independent Town District.
5. The council of the new district shall consist of 12 mem-
bers with representation as follows:
Bulls Town Riding: 1 councillor.
Rangitoto Riding: 1 councillor.
Otakapu Riding: 1 councillor.
Whangaehu Riding: 1 councillor.
Porewa Riding: 1 councillor.
Otairi Riding: 1 councillor.
Te Kapua Riding: 1 councillor.
Awarua Riding: 1 councillor.
Ruanui Riding: 1 councillor.
Erewhon Riding: 1 councillor.
Pukepapa Riding: 1 councillor.
Rangitira Riding: 1 councillor.
6. Until the members of the council of the new district
elected at the next triennial general election of county coun-
lors shall come into office, the council of the new district shall
comprise the members of the Rangitikei County Council hold-
ing office on the day immediately preceding union, and the
chairman shall be the person who on that day was chairman
of the Rangitikei County Council.
7. The area comprising Hunterville Independent Town Dis-
trict is hereby constituted as a community having the name
of “Hunterville Community” and, except as otherwise provided
in this scheme, the provisions of Part VII of the Local Govern-
ment Act 1974 (so far as they relate to communities under the
jurisdiction of community councils) shall apply as if that com-
munity had been constituted under section 146 of that Act.
8. The first general election of members of the Hunterville
Community Council shall be held on the same date as the next
triennial general election of county councillors, and until that
date, every person who on the day immediately preceding the
union was a member of the Hunterville Town Council shall
be deemed to be a member of Hunterville Community
Council, whether or not he is an elector of the said county
having a residential qualification in respect of an address in
the community, and, unless that person sooner vacates office.
he shall continue to be a member of the community council
and, if he was the chairman of the Town Council, shall con-
tinue to be the chairman of the Community Council.
9. The system of rating in the new district shall be the un-
improved or land value system, as the case may be.
10. All the valuation rolls, electors’ lists, electors’ rolls, rate
records, farm land rolls, and rate postponement lists in force
on the formation of the new district shall continue in force
and be deemed to be the valuation rolls, electors' lists, electors'
rolls, rate records, farm land rolls, and rate postponement
lists of the new district until new valuation rolls, electors’ lists,
electors’ rolls, rate records, farm land rolls, and rate post-
ponement lists are made for the new district.
11. For the purposes of the Local Authorities (Petroleum
Tax) Act 1970 the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The new district shall be deemed always to have been
a constituent district of the Wanganui Petroleum Tax
area:
(b) The rate revenue of the new district for the financial
year that ended with the 31st day of March 1974 shall
be the sum of the rate revenues for that period of
the Hunterville Independent Town District and
Rangitikei County.
12. The transfers of any members of the staff of the Hunter-
ville Independent Town Council and the Rangitikei County
Council to the service of the council of the new district shall
be deemed to be transfers of permanent employees within the
meaning of section 4 of the Local Authorities (Employment
Protection) Act 1963 and the provisions of that Act shall,
with the necessary modifications, apply accordingly.
13. (1) All property, real or personal, belonging to the
Corporation of the Hunterville Independent Town District
shall become vested in the corporation of the new district;
(2) All functions, powers, rights, and duties theretofore
vested in or imposed upon the Hunterville Town Council shall
become vested in and imposed upon the council of the new
district;
(3) All rates or other money payable to the Hunterville Town
Council shall become payable to the council of the new
district;
(4) All actions, suits, and proceedings pending by or against
the Corporation of the Hunterville Independent Town District
may be carried on and prosecuted by or against the corpora-
tion of the new district;