NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 60 — 30 JUNE 2016

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Notice of Intention to Take Land and Leasehold Estate—State Highway 1, Wellington Northern Corridor (Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway), Otaki District

Notice is hereby given that the Minister for Land Information proposes to take, under the Public Works Act 1981, the land described in the First Schedule to this notice ("land") and the lease in the land ("lease") described in the Second Schedule to this notice ("lease land") on the terms and conditions described in the Third Schedule to this notice.

The land is required for construction of the State Highway 1, Wellington Northern Corridor (Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway) ("project") and the lease is required to allow for temporary occupation during construction of the project. More particularly, the land and the lease are required for the functioning indirectly of a road. Part of the land will be declared road and vested in the Kapiti Coast District Council and part of the land will be used for drainage purposes.

The project is required to cater for increasing traffic volumes and to improve the safety and efficiency of State Highway 1 and the local road network.

The owners of the land and those persons with a registered interest in it have been served with notice of the Minister for Land Information’s intention to take the land and the lease and advised of their right to object.

Any other person having the right to object may send a written objection to the Registrar, Environment Court, 5th Floor, District Court Building, 49 Ballance Street, Wellington 6011, or by post to DX SX11154, Wellington, within 20 working days after the date of publication of this notice.

If any objection is made in accordance with this notice, a public hearing will be held with the right of the objector to appear and be heard personally, unless the objector otherwise requires, and each objector will be informed of the time and place of the hearing.

Any person requiring further information in respect of this advice should contact Dave Hoffmann, The Property Group Limited, Level 10, Technology One House, 86–96 Victoria Street, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2874, Wellington 6140. Telephone: (04) 470 6124.

Wellington Land District—Otaki District

First Schedule

Second Schedule

Third Schedule

Purpose for Which the Lease is Required

The lease is required to allow the Crown to occupy the lease land during the removal of all improvements located on the lease land. The lease land will be used to facilitate the removal of all improvements on the lease land.

Terms of the Lease

1. For the purpose of the lease any reference to the Crown includes its employees, engineers, assistants, consultants, contractors and authorised invitees.

2. The lease shall commence on the later of 1 July 2016 or the 14th day after publication of a proclamation taking the land and the lease, and terminate on that date one year thereafter ("term").

3. The registered proprietor shall be entitled to receive a current market rent for the term, such rate to be determined by a registered valuer and agreed between the parties or otherwise in accordance with the Public Works Act 1981 at the commencement of the lease.

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