Pursuant to section 103 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003, the NZ Transport Agency gives notice that, with effect from 1 August 2016:

1. State Highway 15A, described in the First Schedule, is renumbered as (part of) State Highway 15; and
2. the sections of road described in the Second Schedule are declared to be State Highway 15.

First Schedule

Existing State Highway 15A (Point Marsden Highway) in Whangarei District, commencing on State Highway 1 (at old Reference Station 0) and extending in a generally north-easterly direction to a point (old Reference Station 9) 3.5m north of Ralph Trimmer Drive: a total distance of approximately 8.4km.

Second Schedule

State Highway 15 to include the existing Te Pua Road in the Far North District, commencing at a point (new Reference Station 0) at the northern end of Te Pua Road, on the south-western side of State Highway 1; then extending along Te Pua Road in a generally southerly direction to a point (new Reference Station 7) on existing State Highway 12 at Kaikohe; then along State Highway 12 in a generally south-westerly direction to Mangakahia Road (new Reference Station 9) in Kaikohe; then along existing Mangakahia Road in a generally south-easterly direction to a point (new Reference Station 80) at Maungatapere on existing State Highway 14; then extending along State Highway 14 in a generally north-easterly direction to Otaika Valley Road (new Reference Station 81) in Maungatapere; then along existing Otaika Valley Road in a generally south-easterly direction to existing Loop Road; then extending along Loop Road North in a generally north-easterly direction to a point (new Reference Station 91) on existing State Highway 1; then along State Highway 1 in a generally south-easterly direction to State Highway 15A (new Reference Station 111); and then along existing State Highway 15A in a generally north-easterly direction to a point (new Reference Station 120) 3.5m north of Ralph Trimmer Drive: a total distance of approximately 126.5km.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of July 2016.

FERGUS GAMMIE, Chief Executive, NZ Transport Agency.