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 to this notice (“land”).

The land is required for the Hamilton Section of the Waikato Expressway. The land described is required for the functioning indirectly of a road for a stormwater pond and a segregation strip to prevent legal access to the Waikato Expressway once constructed.

The Waikato Expressway will provide a continuous four-lane 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 Michelle Brown, Opus International Consultants Limited, Opus House, Princes Street (Private Bag 3057), Hamilton 3240. Telephone: (07) 834 1806.

South Auckland Land District—Waikato District

Schedule

Land Required for the Functioning Indirectly of a Road (Stormwater Pond)

Land Required for the Functioning Indirectly of a Road (Segregation Strip)

The land is located at 509 State Highway 1, RD 3, Tamahere, Hamilton.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of July 2015.

Hon LOUISE UPSTON, Minister for Land Information.

(LINZ CPC/2013/17494)