Local Government Boundary Alteration Notice 1998 Pursuant to section 37p (2) of the Local Government Act 1974, the Minister of Local Government gives the following notice: N o t i c e 1. Short title and commencement This notice may be cited as the Local Government Boundary Alteration Notice 1998. 2. Seaward boundaries altered (1) The boundaries of the districts listed in the Schedule are altered by including in those districts all that area situated between the existing seaward boundary of each district and the line of mean low water springs. (2) For the purposes of clause 2 (1), wherever the boundary of any district listed in the Schedule meets the boundary of another territorial authority district at the mean high water mark, the boundary of the first mentioned district extends from that point along a line running at 90 degrees from the line of the mean high water mark to the point where the boundary meets the line of the mean low water springs. (3) Nothing in this clause has the affect of excluding from any district listed in the Schedule any area included in that district before this notice comes into force. 3. Inclusion of islands in Invercargill City Omaui Island and Tiwai Rocks are included in Invercargill City. Schedule Boundaries Altered District Extent of alteration Franklin District That part of the district adjacent to the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames Horowhenua District The whole district Invercargill City The whole district Timaru District The whole district Dated this 2nd day of July 1998. MAURICE WILLIAMSON, Minister of Local Government.