This Act may be cited as the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1929.

(1) The land described in the next succeeding subsection is hereby vested in His Majesty the King as a reserve for the purposes of the New Zealand Naval Forces. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Reserves Act 1977, the purposes of the said reserve shall not be changed except by Act.

(2) The land to which this section relates is the land referred to in the first part of the Schedule to the Auckland Harbour Board Empowering Act 1892, and now comprised in certificate of title, Volume 511, folio 8, Auckland Land Registry, and described therein as being “all that parcel of land containing four acres, more or less, situated in the Borough of Devonport, being portion of the Waitemata Harbour reclaimed from the sea.”

Whereas section fourteen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1922, authorized, subject to the provisions of that section, the issue of a certificate of title to the Corporation of the Borough of Thames in respect of the land described in that section: And whereas no action has been taken in accordance with that section, and the said Corporation no longer desires to obtain the said land: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—

Section fourteen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1922, is hereby repealed.

(1) The said lease bearing date the eighteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby validated, and shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, be deemed to have been always valid and effectual; and the lessor and the lessee and the Whaingaroa Domain Board respectively therein named are hereby authorized and empowered to do, execute, and perform all such acts, deeds, matters, and things necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying the said lease or any new lease granted in pursuance thereof into effect.

(2) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All those parcels of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement three hundred and thirty-nine acres and twenty-one and six-tenths perches, being parts of Sections 86 and 86A of the Parish of Waipa.

(1) Every lease of the said lands which has been granted and executed as aforesaid shall be and be deemed to have been valid and effectual, but no right or option on the part of the lessee to purchase the freehold of the land comprised in any such lease shall be conferred or implied therein.

(2) The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Parish of Taupiri, in the Auckland Land District, being subdivisions of Section 463—namely, Lot 2, containing one hundred acres; Lot 3, containing one hundred acres; Lot 9, containing ninety-eight acres one rood twenty-nine perches; Lot 10, containing one hundred acres: Lots 11 and 12, containing two hundred acres; Lot 13, containing one hundred acres two roods; Lot 15, containing one hundred acres; Lot 16, containing ninety-eight acres three roods nineteen perches; Lot 17, containing one hundred and nine acres; Lot 18, containing eighty-nine acres one rood twenty-three perches; Lot 19, containing eighty-eight acres one rood eighteen perches; Lot 20, containing sixty-six acres; Lot 21C, containing eleven acres two roods; Lot 23A, containing twelve acres; Lot 23B, containing eighty-nine acres three roods sixteen perches; and Lot 24, containing thirty-eight acres: as the same are comprised in leases numbered 2013, 2014, 2028, 1482, 1451, 1798, 1823, 1643, 1613, 3601, 1420, 1692, and 1399, and Register-book, Volume 168, folios 164 and 165, in the Lands Registry Office at Auckland.

(1) The reservation as an endowment for primary education over the land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled, and such land is hereby declared to be Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act 1948.

(2) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement two thousand two hundred and thirty-two acres, more or less, being Section 1, Block XV, Horohoro Survey District: as the same is delineated on plan marked L and S 34/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The reservation for the purposes of public recreation over Section 2, Block XXI, Town of Te Aroha, containing an area of one acre and twenty-five perches, is hereby cancelled, and such land is hereby excluded from the Herries Memorial Park Domain.

(2) The residence-site license granted by the Warden of the Hauraki Mining District under the provisions of the Mining Act 1908, over Section 2, Block XXI, Te Aroha Town, is hereby validated as from the date of the granting thereof.

(3) The price payable with respect to any acquisition of the fee-simple of the land comprised in the aforesaid residence-site license in accordance with the provisions of the Te Aroha Crown Leases Act 1920, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 20 of the Land Act 1924, be paid into the Herries Memorial Park Domain Account, and shall be used by the Domain Board controlling the domain in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-eight of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928.

Whereas Section 10, Block IV, Arapawa Survey District, in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement ninety-five acres, more or less, was set apart by Proclamation published in the Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty, as and for a provisional State forest, and is now subject to the provisions of the Forests Act 1949: And whereas the native bush on the said land is of considerable scenic interest, and it is desirable that the said land should be set apart as a scenic reserve subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977 as recommended by the Board constituted under the last-mentioned Act: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—

The reservation as a provisional State forest over Section 10, Block IV, Arapawa Survey District, in the Marlborough Land District, as hereinbefore referred to, is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart as a scenic reserve, subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977.

(1) The reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the areas of land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled and shall be deemed to have been so cancelled as from the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and the Proclamation of that date setting apart the said areas for scenic purposes is hereby validated.

(2) The areas of land to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing five thousand one hundred and twenty acres, more or less, and situated in Blocks II, VI, X, XI, XIV, and XV, Rotoroa Survey District, bounded as follows: commencing at the northern corner of Section 7, Block I, Rotoroa Survey District; towards the north-west by the Braeburn Road to the eastern corner of Section 1, Block II, Rotoroa Survey District; towards the north by aforesaid Section 1 to a point distant forty chains by the shortest line from the shore of Lake Rotoroa; towards the east by a line running parallel to the shore of the aforesaid lake and at a uniform distance of forty chains therefrom to a point in the vicinity of the D'Urville River and twenty chains distant from the centre thereof; thence again towards the north-west by a line parallel to the centre of the aforesaid river to the shore of Lake Rotoroa; again towards the north-east by Lake Rotoroa to a point twenty chains distant from the centre of D'Urville River; thence towards the south-east by a line parallel to the centre of D'Urville River to a point forty chains distant by the shortest line from the lake; thence again towards the north by a line running parallel to and uniformly distant forty chains from the lake to a point on a line drawn due north from Mount Misery; thence towards the east by the aforesaid line to the edge of the bush under Mount Misery; thence along the edge of the bush to its intersection with a line drawn from Mount Misery to peg IV on the west bank of the D'Urville River; thence towards the south-west by the last-mentioned line to the aforesaid peg IV, from peg IV by a line to Mount Hutton, from Mount Hutton by a line to sub-trig 1, from subtrig 1 by a line to sub-trig i, and from sub-trig i by the crest of the ridge in a northerly direction to the south-east corner of Section 7, Block I, Rotoroa Survey District, and by the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section to the point of commencement.

Also all that area in the Nelson Land District, containing five thousand three hundred and fifty acres, more or less, and situated in Blocks II, VII, XI, and XV, Rotoroa Survey District, bounded as follows: commencing at a point on the Porika Road distant forty chains by the shortest line from Lake Rotoroa; towards the north-west by the aforesaid road to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Section 7, Block XIV, Howard Survey District; towards the north-east by Section 7, 3, and 5 of Block XIV aforesaid to Trig Station “Muntz”; thence by a line in the direction of Mount Cedric to its intersection with the edge of the bush below the aforesaid mountain-top; thence by the edge of the bush to a point on a line from Mount Cedric to peg XVIII on the south bank of the Sabine River; thence towards the south-east by such line to the aforesaid peg; thence by a line in the direction of Mount Misery to its intersection with the edge of the bush under the mountain-top; thence by the edge of the bush to a point on a line drawn due north from Mount Misery; thence by the line aforesaid to a point forty chains by the shortest line distant from Lake Rotoroa; thence towards the north-west and south-west by a line running parallel to and uniformly distant forty chains from the shore of the aforesaid lake to the point of commencement: As the same are more particularly delineated on a plan marked 6/90, deposited in the District Lands Office, Nelson, and thereon coloured yellow.

(1) The reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the land described in subsection three hereof is hereby cancelled, and the said land is hereby set apart as a scenic reserve subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977.

(2) The portion of road described in subsection four hereof is hereby closed, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in section 129 of the Land Act 1924, the land comprised therein is hereby declared to be a scenic reserve subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977.

(3) The land to which subsection one hereof relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing one hundred and forty-five acres, more or less, situated in Blocks III and VII, Wataroa Survey District, being all that part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1634 comprised in a strip of land five chains wide around the edge of Lake Rotokino, between a line bearing due west from traverse peg K (at the junction of the Rotokino and Wataroa Rivers) and a line bearing 108° 59′ from traverse peg N (the most northerly point of Section 2356), together with that part of the said provisional State forest intercepted between the said five-chain strip, the northern boundary of Section 2356, and the edge of Lake Rotokino: as the same is delineated on plan marked L and S 4/540, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

(4) The land to which subsection two hereof relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing twenty-four acres, more or less, situated in Block VII, Wataroa Survey District, being all that part of a road reserve along the southern bank of Lake Rotokino and the left bank of the Rotokino River intercepted between a line bearing 245° 28′ from traverse peg N (the most northerly point of Section 2356), and a line bearing due east from traverse peg K, at the junction of the Rotokino and Wataroa Rivers: as the same is delineated on plan marked L and S 4/540, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

(1) Section seventeen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1928, is hereby repealed.

(2) Upon suitable access to a public road or street being provided thereto by the Lyttelton Borough Council the Board may transfer and assure by way of gift to the Corporation of the Borough of Lyttelton the piece of land hereinafter described as a public reserve under the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, for the use and recreation of the inhabitants of the borough.

(3) If after the Board has transferred the said area to the Corporation the Lyttelton Borough Council fails for ten years to take any steps to lay out and make the same suitable for recreation purposes, the Governor-General may, at the request in writing of the Board, by Order in Council cancel the reservation over the said area, which shall thereupon revest in the Board and be held by that body for the same purposes for which it was held prior to its transfer to the Corporation.

(4) The Board shall not be liable to bear any part of the cost of erecting any boundary-fences between the said area and any land of the Board.

(5) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:—

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Block IV, Halswell Survey District, containing by admeasurement six acres one rood eighteen perches, more or less, being that part of Lot 1 on the plan deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch as Number 8045, as is more particularly shown and delineated on plan marked MD 6689, deposited in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 383, folio 293, Canterbury Land Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Governor-General is hereby empowered to grant a lease of the land hereinafter mentioned to the said company for a term of twenty-one years from the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty, and for the aforesaid purposes, upon such terms and conditions as he may think proper:

Provided that such lease shall contain a clause to the effect that no liability or responsibility of any kind whatsoever shall attach to the Crown in connection with the construction or maintenance of the said tramway or the haulage of goods or trucks over the same, or on account of any damage, claim, demand, action, or suit arising out of or being incidental thereto in any way whatsoever.

(2) The parcels of land to which this section relates are described as follows:—

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing one hundred and forty-five acres three roods eight perches, more or less, being part of Small Grazing-run Number 36, Block XI, Patetere North Survey District (Selwyn Settlement), and being the area described in subsection two of section nineteen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1910.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, being parts of Small Grazing-runs Numbers 37 and 106, Selwyn Settlement, and containing by admeasurement fifty-two acres one rood nineteen perches more or less, and being the area firstly described in section three of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1911.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, being part of Small Grazing-run Number 106, Selwyn Settlement, and containing by admeasurement thirty perches, more or less, and being the area secondly described in section three of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1911.

(1) The three Railway wharves at Port Chalmers known respectively as George Street Pier, Bowen Pier, and Export Wharf, and also all that parcel of land in the Otago Land District containing an area of seven acres and thirty-two perches, be the same a little more or less, being a portion of Railway Reserve at Port Chalmers, and being more particularly shown bordered in green on the said plan, together with the buildings, ships' fender, electric-lighting appliances, and erections thereon, but not including the rails and other materials, fixtures, and appliances used in connection therewith or forming part of the railway permanent-way, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Otago Harbour Board.

(2) The Minister and the Railways Department and the Board shall respectively at all times hereafter perform and observe and be bound by the terms, provisions, and conditions of the said agreement and therein provided to be performed or observed by him or it, any rule of law to to the contrary notwithstanding.

(3) Except as hereby expressly provided nothing herein contained shall affect or prejudice the provisions of the said section nineteen.

(1) It shall be and shall be deemed to have been lawful for the Auckland City Council (hereinafter called the Council) to assume and maintain control of that portion of Motuihi island now in its possession, and to expend moneys in fencing, improving, and managing such land in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same had been constituted a domain under section thirty-four of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and the Council had been appointed to be the Domain Board thereof in terms of section forty-eight of that Act.

(2) Pending the vesting of the control of the said island, or portion thereof, in the Council as a Domain Board the Council shall have and may exercise all the powers in relation to that portion of the island mentioned in the last preceding subsection as if the said portion were a public domain constituted under section thirty-four of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, and under the control of the Council as a Domain Board appointed under section forty-eight of that Act:

Provided that it shall not be lawful for the Council to carry out any further works or improvements on the said island without the prior consent of the Minister of Lands.

(1) The portion of a river-bank road hereinafter described is hereby closed and the land comprised therein is hereby declared to be Crown land available for disposal as hereinafter provided.

(2) The Governor-General is hereby empowered by Warrant under his hand to authorize the issue of a certificate of title to the adjoining owner in respect of the land comprised in the said portion of closed road.

(3) The portion of a river-bank road hereby closed is particularly described as follows:—

All that portion of road along the Wairoa River, in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement two acres three roods twenty perches, more or less, adjoining Pohoatua No 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D Blocks, Block VII, Maungaru Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked PWD 77001, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.