Pursuant to clause 5(1)(b) of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002, the Associate Minister of
Local Government gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Local Government Boundary Alteration Notice 2011.
(2) This notice comes into force on the day after it is published in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
District has the meaning given to it in section 5 of the Local Government Act 2002.
3. Seaward boundaries extended-The seaward boundaries of the districts listed in Schedule 1 are extended to mean low water springs.
4. Application to existing boundaries-(1) Nothing in this notice has the effect of excluding from a district any area included in that district before this notice is in force.
(2) Any harbour, bay, inlet, estuary or other body of water included in a district before this notice is in force remains part of that district.
(3) Without limiting the application of subclauses (1) and (2) of this clause, the areas listed in Schedule 2 remain in the districts listed in that Schedule.
5. Wards-The areas included in a district by this notice are included in any adjacent ward of that district.
6. Communities-The areas included in a district by this notice are included in any adjacent community of that district or subdivision of that community.
7. Boundaries of adjacent districts-(1) Unless the circumstances otherwise require, wherever the boundary
of two districts meet at mean high water mark, the
boundary of the districts extends from that point along a
line running at 90 degrees from the line of mean high
water mark to the point where the boundary meets the line of mean low water springs.
(2) Where the existing district boundary crosses the
mouth of a harbour, bay, inlet, estuary or other body of water (at mean high water mark), the boundary is extended in a seaward direction to the same extent that the district boundary has been extended to the mean low water springs mark on the adjacent coastline.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of May 2011.
HON JOHN CARTER, Associate Minister of Local Government.
Schedule 1
Districts With Extended Seaward Boundaries
Far North District
Kaipara District
Thames-Coromandel District
Otorohanga District
Waitomo District
Gisborne District
Wairoa District
Napier City
Central Hawke’s Bay District
South Taranaki District
Wanganui District
Rangitikei District
Carterton District
South Wairarapa District
Marlborough District
Nelson City
Buller District
Grey District
Kaikoura District
Selwyn District
Ashburton District
Waimate District
Waitaki District
Schedule 2
Areas Remaining in Districts
Far North District
Parengarenga Harbour
Houhora Harbour
Rangaunu Harbour
Mangonui Harbour
Whangaroa Harbour
Bay of Islands
Herekino Harbour
Whangape Harbour
Hokianga Harbour
Thames-Coromandel District
Kennedy Bay
Whangapoua Harbour
Whitianga Harbour
Cooks Bay
Tairua Harbour
Wharekawa Harbour
Whangamata Harbour
Colville Bay
Coromandel Harbour
Te Kouma Harbour
Manaia Harbour
Part Firth of Thames
Otorohanga District
Part Aotea Harbour
Part Kawhia Harbour
Waitomo District
Part Kawhia Harbour
Marlborough District
That part of Tasman Bay, the Marlborough Sounds and Cook Strait defined on SO 14470 as being within Marlborough District
Nelson City
Part Delaware Bay
Nelson Haven
Part Waimea Inlet
Waitaki District
Oamaru Harbour (Friendly Bay)