Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1979

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1979.
2: State forests
Whereas the land to which this section relates is set apart as State forest land under the Forests Act 1949 Land Act 1948 section 19(1)
1: The setting apart of the land to which this section relates as State forest land is hereby revoked, and the land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948
2: The setting apart of the land to which subsection (3)﻿(b) relates as a State forest park is hereby revoked.
3: This section relates to the following land:
a: all that piece of land situated in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of Islands County, containing 57.3700 hectares, more or less, being Section 20, Block III, Kawakawa Survey District, being part of the land comprised and described in the Gazette
b: all that piece of land situated in the South Auckland Land District, Thames Coromandel District, containing 3 010 square metres, more or less, being Part Tairua Block, situated in Block XIII, Whitianga Survey District, being part of the land comprised and described in the Gazette
c: all that piece of land situated in the Nelson Land District, Buller County, containing 114.5880 hectares, more or less, being Section 86, Block XIV, Oparara Survey District (SO Plan 12478):
d: all that piece of land situated in the Nelson Land District, Inangahua County, containing 55.1868 hectares, more or less, being part Section 5, parts of Section 248 and part State Forest Block XIV, Reefton Survey District, and being all the land to be known as Section 249, Block XIV, Reefton Survey District bordered by a bold black line on SO Plan 12592:
e: all that piece of land situated in the Nelson Land District, Inangahua County, containing 130.3430 hectares, more or less, being a portion of State forest in Block XV, Mai Mai Survey District, and being all the land bordered by a bold black line on SO Plan 12593:
f: all those pieces of land situated in the Nelson Land District, Inangahua County:
i: containing 123.4500 hectares, more or less, being a portion of State forest in Block III, Mawheraiti Survey District and being all the land to be known as Section 27, Block III, Mawheraiti Survey District bordered by a bold black line on SO Plan 12591:
ii: containing 4.8500 hectares, more or less, being a portion of State forest in Block III, Mawheraiti Survey District bordered by a bold black line on SO Plan 12591:
g: all those pieces of land situated in the Westland Land District, Westland County:
i: containing 4.8000 hectares, more or less, being Part Reserve 1648, situated in Block XI, Bruce Bay Survey District (shown marked A on SO Plan 9352):
ii: containing 1.9000 hectares, more or less, being Part Reserve 1648, situated in Blocks XI and XII, Bruce Bay Survey District (shown marked B on SO Plan 9352):
iii: containing 9.0000 hectares, more or less, being Part Reserve 1648, situated in Block XII, Bruce Bay Survey District (shown marked C on SO Plan 9352):
iv: containing 18.6000 hectares, more or less, being Part Reserve 1648, situated in Blocks XI, XII, and XV, Bruce Bay Survey District (shown marked D on SO Plan 9352):
h: all that piece of land situated in the Westland Land District, Grey County, containing 11.4128 hectares, more or less, being Rural Section 5680, situated in Block XIII, Mawheraiti Survey District (SO Plan 9895) being part of the land comprised and described in the Gazette
i: all that piece of land situated in the Westland Land District, Westland County, containing 129.9041 hectares, more or less, (130.7033 hectares by the Gazette Gazette
j: all those pieces of land situated in the Otago Land District, Lake County:
i: containing 4 208.7307 hectares, more or less, situated in the Upper Wakatipu and Dart Survey Districts as more particularly shown numbered 38 on SO Plans 13893 and 13894 (formerly sheets 10 and 11 of Roll Map 450) lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Dunedin and thereon delineated in bold black lines being part of the land comprised and described in the Gazette
ii: containing 3 561.2337 hectares, more or less, adjoining Run 756 (formerly Run 418) and Part Run 417 situated in Upper Wakatipu and Von Survey Districts as more particularly shown numbered 41 and 41A on SO Plans 13894 and 13895 (formerly sheets 11 and 12 of Roll Map 450) lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Dunedin and thereon delineated in bold black lines being part of the land comprised and described in the Gazette
iii: containing 1 942.4911 hectares, more or less, adjoining Section 14, Dart Survey District, Section 1, Upper Wakatipu Survey District and Run 717 and Part Run 417 (formerly Runs 419 and 417) and more particularly shown numbered 42 on SO Plan 13894 (formerly sheet 11 of Roll Map 450) lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Dunedin and thereon delineated in bold black lines being part of the land comprised and described in the Gazette
3: Customhouse, Auckland
Whereas the land to which this section relates (in this section called the reserve Reserves Act 1977
1: Notwithstanding anything in Part 3
2: The terms and conditions relating to the term of any lease or licence granted under subsection (1), and of any right of renewal to be conferred on the lessee (whether in perpetuity or otherwise), shall be determined by the administering body with the consent of the Minister of Lands.
3: This section relates to all that piece of land situated in the North Auckland Land District containing 1 265 square metres, more or less, being Allotment 15 of Section 17 of the City of Auckland, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 970, folio 151 (limited as to parcels and title), (North Auckland Registry). Section 3(2) substituted 7 January 1981 section 3 Reserves and Other Lands Disposals Act 1980
4: Pukekohe cemetery
Whereas the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland holds the land to which this section relates in trust as a site for a cemetery by virtue of a Crown grant made on 3 September 1887 pursuant to section 3 Crown grant
1: The trust which was imposed by the Crown grant and which requires the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland to hold the land to which this section relates as a site for a cemetery is hereby cancelled.
2: The land to which this section relates is hereby declared to be vested in the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland as an estate in fee simple free from the trust imposed by the Crown grant.
3: The land to which this section relates is hereby declared not to be a cemetery for the purposes of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964
4: This section relates to the following land within the North Auckland Land District, Pukekohe Borough, being:
a: all that piece of land comprising 762 square metres, more or less, being Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 13781, and Part Allotment 22A, Suburban Section 1, Pukekohe Parish, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 343/263, and certificate of title No 48/70, situated in Block XI Drury Survey District (North Auckland Registry) (shown marked A on SO Plan 53997 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland):
b: all that piece of land comprising 1 157 square metres, more or less, being Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 13781, and Part Allotment 22A, Suburban Section 1, Pukekohe Parish, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 343/263, and certificate of title No 48/70, situated in Block XI, Drury Survey District (North Auckland Registry) (shown marked B on SO Plan 53997 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland):
c: all that piece of land comprising 171 square metres, more or less, being Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 13781, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 343/263, situated in Block XI Drury Survey District (North Auckland Registry) (shown marked C on SO Plan 53997 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland):
d: all that piece of land comprising 171 square metres, more or less, being Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 13781, and Part Allotment 22A, Suburban Section 1, Pukekohe Parish, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 343/263, and certificate of title No 48/70, situated in Blocks XI and XV, Drury Survey District (North Auckland Registry) (shown marked E on SO Plan 53997 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland):
e: all that piece of land comprising 78 square metres, more or less, being Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 13781, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 343/263, situated in Blocks XI and XV, Drury Survey District (North Auckland Registry) (shown marked F on SO Plan 53997 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland):
f: all that piece of land comprising 6 056 square metres, more or less, being Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 13781, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 343/263, situated in Blocks XI and XV, Drury Survey District (North Auckland Registry) (shown marked G on SO Plan 53997 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland):
g: all that piece of land comprising 4 924 square metres, more or less, being Lot 2, Deposited Plan 13781, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 343/263, situated in Block XV, Drury Survey District (North Auckland Registry).
5: Tauranga airport
Whereas the land to which this section relates is held by the Tauranga City Council (in this section called the Council Airport Authorities Act 1966
1: The Council may, with the prior consent in writing of the Minister of Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services, sell the land to which this section relates by such method of sale and on such terms and conditions as the Council thinks fit, with or without any grants or reservations of easements or other rights or privileges in favour of the purchaser or the Council or any other person.
2: The Council may pay out of its Airport Capital Reserve Account (known as the Reserve for Future Capital Works Fund) all the costs and expenses incurred by it in selling, pursuant to subsection (1), the land to which this section relates.
3: The Council shall recoup from the proceeds of the sale of the land all the costs and expenses incurred by it in selling the land to which this section relates and shall pay that amount into the account referred to in subsection (2).
4: The Council shall pay the balance of the proceeds of the sale into its Joint Airport Reserve Account.
5: This section relates to all that piece of land in the South Auckland Land District, Mount Maunganui Borough, containing 8.2760 hectares, more or less, being Lot 1, Land Transfer Plan S 27537, being parts Omanu No 1 and 2A1 Blocks, situated in Block XI, Tauranga Survey District, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 14A/1084, and part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 14A/1085, (South Auckland Registry): Subject to; first, a drainage easement created by H 037589; and secondly, a middle-line proclamation S 450152.
6: Empowering Rotorua High Schools Board to purchase certain land
Whereas the land to which this section relates is a stopped street vested in the Rotorua City Council: And whereas the Rotorua High Schools Board is the owner of certain adjoining land: And whereas it is expedient that the Rotorua High Schools Board should be empowered to purchase the land: And whereas the Rotorua High Schools Board has no power to purchase land: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Rotorua High Schools Board is hereby empowered to purchase the land to which this section relates and to hold the land in trust as an endowment for the Rotorua High School.
2: Despite anything in the Education and Training Act 2020
3: If at any time after the commencement of this section the Rotorua High Schools Board grants a lease of the land to which this section relates to any person, nothing in section 17
4: This section relates to all that piece of land in the South Auckland Land District, Rotorua District, containing 425 square metres, more or less, being Section 16, Block XLVII, Town of Rotorua, situated in Block I, Tarawera Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 13C/21, (South Auckland Registry). Section 6(2) amended 1 August 2020 section 668 Education and Training Act 2020
7: Certain land to be exempted from section 58 of Land Act 1948
Whereas the land to which this section relates was transferred to Her Majesty the Queen by Gordon Regis Colman, of Martinborough, sheep farmer, pursuant to an agreement dated 5 July 1965, in furtherance of the Lower Wairarapa Development Scheme: And whereas that agreement gave Gordon Regis Colman an option to repurchase the land and he has exercised that option: And whereas the land is mostly part of the bed of Lake Wairarapa and lies, in part, along or near the margin of that lake: And whereas section 58(1)
1: Section 58
2: This section applies to all that piece of land in the Wellington Land District, Featherston County, containing 125.3008 hectares, more or less, being Lots 1 and 2 on Deposited Plan 26875, situated in Block X, Wairarapa Survey District, being all that land comprised in transfer No 673810.
8: Abel Tasman National Park
Whereas the land to which this section relates is included in the Abel Tasman National Park: And whereas the land has been fenced and used as part of the farm owned by Canaan Downs Limited: And whereas it is expedient that the land should be excluded from the national park: And whereas section 10(2) of the National Parks Act 1952 prohibits the exclusion of land from a national park except by Act of Parliament: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The land to which this section relates is hereby excluded from the Abel Tasman National Park.
2: This section relates to all those pieces of land situated in the Nelson Land District, Golden Bay County, being:
a: Part Section 32, Block IV, Takaka Survey District, containing 621 square metres, more or less, (shown marked A on SO Plan 12544):
b: Part Section 32, Block IV, Takaka Survey District, containing 58 square metres, more or less, (shown marked B on SO Plan 12544):
c: Part Section 32, Block IV, Takaka Survey District, containing 51 square metres, more or less, (shown marked C on SO Plan 12544).
9: Ross cemetery
Whereas by notice dated 31 March 1875 and published in the Gazette Gazette Reserves Act 1977 section 27(1)
1: The land to which this section relates is hereby vested in the Crown as a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977
2: The land to which this section relates is hereby declared not to be a cemetery for the purposes of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964
3: This section relates to all that piece of land in the Westland Land District, Westland County, containing 1.0117 hectares, more or less, being Rural Section 5746, Block II, Totara Survey District, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 3A/857, (Westland Registry).
10: Exclusion of land from Westland National Park
Whereas the land to which this section relates is included in the Westland National Park: And whereas the land has been formed as part of State Highway No 6: And whereas the land is not required for the purposes of the national park and it is desired to exclude it from the national park: And whereas section 10(2) of the National Parks Act 1952 prohibits the exclusion of land from the national park except by Act of Parliament: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The land to which this section relates is hereby excluded from the Westland National Park.
2: This section relates to all that piece of land situated in the Westland Land District, Westland County, containing 6 766 square metres, more or less, being Part Reserve 1198 situated in Block IV, Waiho Survey District (shown marked D on SO Plan 9834).
11: Mount Aspiring National Park
Whereas the land to which this section relates is included in the Mount Aspiring National Park: And whereas the land is of poor quality and does not meet the criteria established for national park status: And whereas the land is not required for the purposes of the national park and it is desired to exclude it from the national park: And whereas the exclusion of the land from the national park will result in a more satisfactory boundary: And whereas section 10(2) of the National Parks Act 1952 prohibits the exclusion of land from a national park except by Act of Parliament: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The land to which this section relates is hereby excluded from the Mount Aspiring National Park.
2: This section relates to the following land:
a: all that piece of land in the Otago Land District, Lake County, containing 2 096 square metres, more or less, being Part Mount Aspiring National Park, Block I, Dart Survey District (shown marked A on SO Plan 18941):
b: all that piece of land in the Otago Land District, Lake County, containing 8.0070 hectares, more Section 11(2)﻿(b) amended 7 January 1981 section 11 Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1980
12: Entries in registers
District Land Registrars are hereby authorised and directed to make such entries in their respective registers, and do all such other things, as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions of this Act.