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 and Second Schedule hereto (“land”) and the easement interest described in the Third Schedule hereto (“easement interest”).

The land and the easement interest are required for the Huntly Section of the Waikato Expressway. The land described in the First Schedule is required for road. The land described in the Second Schedule is required for the functioning indirectly of a road (segregation strip) to prevent legal access to the Waikato Expressway once constructed. The easement interest will be extinguished on the vesting of the land for road and the functioning indirectly of a road (segregation strip) in the Crown.

The Waikato Expressway will provide a continuous four-laned carriageway between the Bombay Hills and south of Cambridge.

The owners of the land and the easement interest and those persons with a registered interest thereto have been served with notice of the Minister for Land Information’s intention to take the land and the easement interest 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, Level 2, 41 Federal Street, Auckland 1010, or by post to PO Box 7147 or DX CX10086, Auckland, 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 Sam Williams, The Property Group Limited, 150 Grantham Street (PO Box 123), Hamilton 3240. Telephone: (07) 838 6251.

South Auckland Land District—Waikato District

First Schedule

Second Schedule

Third Schedule

Right to convey water specified in Easement Certificate H999839.6 over:

1. Part Lot 2 DPS 56161 (part Computer Freehold Register SA47C/998); marked “D” on SO 483339 appurtenant to Lot 3 DPS 56161 (Computer Freehold Register SA47C/999) and Lot 4 DPS 56161 (Computer Freehold Register SA47C/1000); and
2. Part Lot 3 DPS 56161 (part Computer Freehold Register SA47C/999); marked “B” and “C” on SO 483339 appurtenant to Lot 4 DPS 56161 (Computer Freehold Register SA47C/1000).

The land is located at 72 Stokes Road, Taupiri.

Dated at Auckland this 22nd day of February 2015.

Hon LOUISE UPSTON, Minister for Land Information.