Notice is hereby given that the Minister for Land Information proposes to take, under the Public Works Act 1981, the land described in the Schedule hereto (“land”).

The land is required for the Huntly Section of the Waikato Expressway. The land described in the Schedule is required for the functioning indirectly of a road, and will either vest in the Crown and/or in the Waikato District Council as road following construction of the Expressway. The land secondly and thirdly described in the Schedule may be acquired for segregation strip to prevent legal access to the Expressway once constructed.

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

The owner 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 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

Schedule

The land is located at 2 Topview Road, Taupiri.

Dated at Auckland this 22nd day of February 2015.

Hon LOUISE UPSTON, Minister for Land Information.