Crown Land Set Apart for Road and Local Purpose Reserve (Esplanade) and Road Stopped and Added to Adjoining Local Purpose Reserve (Esplanade), Middletons Bay, Opunake Pursuant to the Public Works Act 1981, the Minister of Lands declares: (a) Pursuant to section 52 (1), the Crown land firstly described in the First Schedule hereto, to be set apart for road and shall vest in The South Taranaki District Council on the date of publication of this declaration in the New Zealand Gazette. (b) Pursuant to section 52 (1), the Crown land secondly described in the First Schedule hereto, to be set apart for local purpose reserve (esplanade), subject to the Reserves Act 1977, and shall vest in The South Taranaki District Council on the date of publication of this declaration in the New Zealand Gazette. (c) Pursuant to sections 116 and 117 (7), the area of road firstly described in the Second Schedule hereto, be stopped, and that area ``B'', now known as Section 2, S.O. 13535, be added to the adjoining land secondly described in the First Schedule, subject to the Reserves Act 1977 and to remain vested in The South Taranaki District Council. (d) Pursuant to section 116, the area of road secondly described in the Second Schedule hereto, be stopped, and that area ``A'', now known as Section 3, S.O. 13535, be, pursuant to section 118, automatically a local purpose reserve (esplanade) subject to the Reserves Act 1977 and to remain vested in The South Taranaki District Council. First Schedule Taranaki Land District South Taranaki District Area m Being 2290 Unalienated Crown land in Block IX, Opunake Survey District; marked ``C'' on plan. ha 1.8090 Section 1, S.O. 13535, situated in Block IX, Opunake Survey District. Second Schedule Area ha Adjoining 1.0140 Halse Place and part Section 1, Opunake Suburban, situated in Block IX, Opunake Survey District; marked ``B'' on plan. m 8430 Halse Place and Section 2, Opunake Suburban, situated in Block IX, Opunake Survey District; marked ``A'' on plan. As shown marked on S.O. Plan 13535, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth. Dated at New Plymouth this 5th day of September 1996. R. F. SCHWASS, for Minister of Lands. (LINZ NP. C/ 3535-00)1CL