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 (“land”) and a lease (“lease”) of the land described in the Second Schedule (“lease land”). The proposed terms of the lease are set out in the Third Schedule.

The land and the lease are required for the Christchurch Southern Motorway Project (Stage 2) (“project”). More particularly, the land is required for the functioning indirectly of a road and following construction part of the land will be motorway and part will be vested in the Selwyn District Council as road. The lease is required for temporary traffic diversion during the construction of the project and in particular construction of the Robinsons Road underpass.

The project comprises part of the Christchurch Southern Corridor “Roads of National Significance” project that will provide access to Lyttelton Port and the Christchurch Central Business District for people and freight from south of Christchurch.

The owners 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 lease 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 1, District Court Building, 282 Durham Street, Christchurch 8013, or by post to PO Box 2069, Christchurch 8140, or DX WX11113, Christchurch, 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 Chris Jones, The Property Group Limited, Level 2, Lion House, 169 Madras Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011. Postal Address: PO Box 7240, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240. Telephone: (03) 363 5902.

Canterbury Land District—Selwyn District

First Schedule

Second Schedule

Third Schedule

Terms of the Lease

1. For the purpose of this lease any reference to the Crown includes its employees, engineers, assistants, consultants, contractors and authorised invitees.
2. The lease shall commence on the 14th day after publication of a proclamation taking the land and the lease in the New Zealand Gazette, and terminate on that date one year thereafter (“the term”).
3. The Crown shall pay a current market rent for the term to the registered proprietor, such rate to be determined at the commencement of the lease by a registered valuer and agreed between the parties or otherwise in accordance with the Public Works Act 1981.
4. The Crown may, on the giving of written notice to the registered proprietor, extend the term for a further four periods of one year should the project not be completed by the expiry of the original term. The current market rent shall be reviewed at the time the registered proprietor and the sub-lessor is given notice of any such extension.
5. Notwithstanding the term created (including any extension), the Crown may terminate the lease at any time by giving the registered proprietor one month’s notice in writing.
6. The Crown’s right to occupy the lease land for the term includes the right to enter and re-enter the lease land at all times, with or without such vehicles, machinery or materials for the purpose set out in the notice.
7. The Crown shall have the right to remove any improvements located on the lease land. The Crown shall take all reasonable steps to minimise damage to the lease land arising from the removal of any such improvements or from the Crown’s occupation under the lease and/or the execution of construction of the project.
8. The Crown shall at the expiration of the term, or any extended period taken in accordance with the lease, remove all debris arising from the Crown’s occupation under the lease. The Crown shall reinstate the lease land to a condition generally in keeping with the character of the lease land prior to entry. The Crown shall complete such reinstatement works in a good and workmanlike manner.

The land is located at 1002 Robinsons Road, Weedons.

Dated at Cambridge this 1st day of August 2015.

Hon LOUISE UPSTON, Minister for Land Information.

(LINZ CPC/2013/17339)