1. The Minister for Land Information proposes to take, under the Public Works Act 1981, the interest in the land described in the Schedule of this notice.
2. The land is required for State Highway 1 North Canterbury—Woodend Bypass Project (Belfast to Pegasus) (“Project”) critical infrastructure project for Motorway Purposes and it is intended to use the land to extend the State Highway 1 Christchurch Northern Corridor between Belfast and Pegasus.

Reasons for Taking Land

3. A summary of the reasons why the Minister for Land Information considers that the land should be taken are as follows:

• The Project has been identified as a Road of National Significance and listed as a critical infrastructure project in Schedule 2A of the Public Works Act 1981.
• The Project’s designation was confirmed in 2015.
• The Project objections are to provide a safer, more efficient, reliable and resilient State Highway 1 route, between Belfast and Pegasus to support economic growth and connectivity through Woodend.
• Adequate consideration has been given to alternative sites, routes or other methods of achieving the Project’s objectives. A comprehensive process was followed to confirm the preferred alignment which involved evaluating different corridors and route alignment options through technical specialist evaluations, multi criteria analysis and engagement with iwi partner, stakeholders, community and landowners.
• The acquisition is fair as good faith negotiations have been ongoing since 16 July 2024 and the Owner has been given reasonable time to obtain necessary advice.
• The acquisition is sound as the requiring authority has carried out appropriate decision making and adequately considered concerns.
• It is reasonably necessary to take the land as it is designated for the Project. The requiring authority needs all of the land within the Project’s designation for construction of the Project. Preliminary design plans have now been partially completed to show the location and type of infrastructure that is required at the property.

Your Right to Make Submission

4. The interest in the land has not yet been taken.
5. Every person having an estate or interest in the land has a right to make a submission on the taking of their interest in the land.
6. If any person having the right to submit wishes to make a submission, they must send a written indication of their intention to do so to the Minister for Land Information at criticalinfrastructure@linz.govt.nz or Assessments Team, Land Information New Zealand, PO Box 5501, Wellington, 6145 and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Level 1 BNZ Centre, 120 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011. They must do this no later than 10 working days after the second public notification of this notice.
7. Any person having sent a written indication has 20 working days to then submit their submission to the Minister for Land Information and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. That 20-day period begins on the day after the last day on which a written indication of an intention to make a submission can be sent.
8. The Minister for Land Information will consider the submission but there is no right to a hearing before the Minister for Land Information.
9. If, after a submission is made, the Minister for Land Information receives any information that the submitter has not already been provided with in relation to the taking of their land, they will be provided with a copy of that information and they will have another 10 working days from the time that they receive the information to provide 1 further submission, should they wish to do so.
10. The Minister for Land Information will then decide whether to recommend the taking of the land. As part of the process of making that decision, the Minister for Land Information will consider the submission, and, if one is made, the further submission.
11. The Minister for Land Information may extend the time frame referred to in paragraphs 6, 7 and 9, 1 or more times, to a maximum of 20 working days in each case. If a submitter wants the Minister for Land Information to consider extending 1 or more of those time frames in relation to the submission or intended submission, they must make a written request to the Minister for Land Information at criticalinfrastructure@linz.govt.nz or Assessments Team, Land Information New Zealand, PO Box 5501, Wellington, 6145 and the Minister for Land Information must make a decision on the request no later than 3 working days after receiving it.
12. The submitter will be provided with a copy of the decision of the Minister for Land Information on whether to recommend the taking of the land.

Your Right to Compensation

13. This notice, and the right to make a submission described above, relate to the taking of the interest in the land and not to the right to compensation. Under the Public Works Act 1981 every person having an estate or interest in the land is entitled to full compensation if their interest in the land is taken. If that compensation cannot be agreed between them and the Minister for Land Information, it can be determined in separate proceedings before the Land Valuation Tribunal.
14. The right to compensation described in paragraph 13 includes a right to compensation in recognition of the land being taken for a critical infrastructure project.
15. The land is located at 217 Woodend Beach Road and 1 Cricklewood Close, Woodend.

Canterbury Land District—Waimakariri District

Schedule

Legal Description of Land

0.1563 hectares being part Lot 27 Deposited Plan 590590 (RT 1129373) shown as Section 2 on SO Plan 616798.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of December 2025.

Hon CHRIS PENK, for Minister for Land Information.

(LINZ CPC/2024/23217)