Notice Type
Land Notices
Notice Title

Notice of Valid Crown Protected Area Names

Pursuant to section 35(3) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008 (“Act”), the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa hereby gives notice of the following four names that have been assigned to, or altered for, Crown Protected Areas (as defined in section 4 of the Act) that have been validated in terms of section 35(2) of the Act, but which have not had their names previously gazetted.

These Crown Protected Area names are deemed official geographic names and are valid as if they had been assigned or altered in accordance with the Act.

For more information about these Crown Protected Areas, visit the Department of Conservation website:

www.doc.govt.nz

Schedule

Crown Protected Area Names (4)

Establishing Legislation

Position in terms of NZ Transverse Mercator 2000 projection

 

 

metres north

metres east

Canterbury Land District – Eastern South Island Operations Region

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

Sections 6(3) and 7(1)(d) of the National Parks Act 1980

Section 162 of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998

5169000

1380900

Westland Land District – Western South Island Operations Region

Westland National Park/Tai Poutini National Park

Section 7(1)(d) of the National Parks Act 1980

Schedule 96 of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998

5172100

1364500

Westland and Canterbury Land Districts – Western South Island and Eastern South Island Operations Regions

Arthur's Pass National Park

Sections 6(1)(c) and 6(2) of the National Parks Act 1980

5248700

1482900

Southland and Otago Land Districts – Southern South Island Operations Region

Fiordland National Park

Section 6(1)(e) of the National Parks Act 1980

4958600

1157500

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of June 2016.

W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.