16 JUNE 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 91

2153

Vesting Reserves in the Ashburton District Council

Under the Reserves Act 1977, the Community Relations Manager for the Canterbury Conservancy of the Department of Conservation vests the reserves described in the Schedule in the Ashburton District Council in trust for recreation purposes.

Canterbury Land District—Ashburton District

Schedule

Dated at Christchurch this 14th day of June 2005.

CHERYL COLLEY.
(File: DOC DO PAR-12-02-15)
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Wellington Land District

Schedule

All that piece of land situated in Block XII, Te Kawau Survey District and described as follows:

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of May 2005.

L. COMER, Chief Executive.
Ministry of Māori Development.
(MLC HO 2/3/1/6; DO Appln A20050002647)
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Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993

Notice Redefining the Purposes of a Māori Reservation

Pursuant to section 338 (5) (c) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, on the recommendation of the Māori Land Court, the purposes for which the Māori reservation in respect of the land described in the Schedule hereto was created by a notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 12 October 1995, No. 114, page 3623, is hereby redefined for the purpose of an urupā, chapel, wharepuni, wharekai, marae and papakāinga and recreation and sports ground for the common use and benefit of all descendants of Matiu Alexander Tatana and Ada Theresa Hanita-Paki Tatana.

State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975

Public Notice for Application That Land or Interest in Land be No Longer Subject to Resumption

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986

This notice concerns land at the corner of Flygers Line and State Highway No. 3, Palmerston North and Māori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.

The land at the corner of Flygers Line and State Highway No. 3, Palmerston North is described in legal terms as land contained in Computer Freehold Register WN36D/896 being Lot 1 on DP 31760, comprising 4.3984 hectares, more or less.

The land was once owned by the Crown.

It was transferred to a State enterprise under section 23 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986.

There is a special notice or "memorial" on the Computer Freehold Register for the land, which provides that, if the Waitangi Tribunal so recommends, the land shall be resumed by the Crown and returned to Māori ownership (see sections 27A and 27B of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986).

The current owner of the land, WOODHAM & SMITH PROPERTIES LIMITED, has applied to the Waitangi Tribunal to have this memorial removed.

The application has been made under section 8D of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.

ANY MĀORI PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT THEY,
OR ANY GROUP TO WHICH THEY BELONG, HAS
A CLAIM TO MAKE TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
ABOUT THIS LAND SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR CLAIM
TO THE TRIBUNAL BEFORE 23 SEPTEMBER 2005.

Section 6 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 sets out the grounds for making a claim.

Claims may be posted to the Registrar, Waitangi Tribunal, P.O. Box 5022 or D.X. S.P. 22-525, Wellington, or delivered to the Registrar, Waitangi Tribunal, Level Two, 141 The Terrace, Wellington.

If no claim about this land is made to the Registrar before 23 September 2005, the Tribunal may recommend that the land be no longer subject to resumption by the Crown and be returned to Māori.

Dated at Palmerston North this 16th day of June 2005.

This notice is filed by:
JOHN HAMISH FREEBAIRN, Fitzherbert Rowe, Solicitors,
Private Bag 11-016, Palmerston North.
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