Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1970
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1970
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Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1970
Version as at 13 November 2025

Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1970
Public Act |
1970 No 121 |
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Date of assent |
27 November 1970 |
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Commencement |
27 November 1970 |
Note
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by Land Information New Zealand.
Contents
An Act to provide for the sale, vesting, and other disposition of certain reserves, Crown land, and other land, and to make provision in respect of certain other matters relating to land
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1970.
2 Declaring land subject to the Forests Act 1949 to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948
Whereas the land described in subsection (2) is set apart as permanent State forest land under the Forests Act 1949:
And whereas it is desirable that it should be declared Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948:
Be it therefore enacted as follows:
(1)
The setting apart of the land described in subsection (2) as permanent State forest land is hereby revoked and the said land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.
(2)
The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:
Firstly, all that area of land in the North Auckland Land District, containing 1 acre, 3 roods, and 19 perches, more or less, being part of the land shown on Deposited Plan 13504, and Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 27742, being part Old Land Claim 401 and part Section 1, Block II, Fitzroy Survey District; as shown on the plan marked L and S 10/92/106, deposited in the head office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plan 46601).
Secondly, all that area of land in the North Auckland Land District, containing 319 acres and 1 rood, more or less, being part Section 3, Block VIII, Kumeu Survey District (SO Plan 46753).
Thirdly, all that area of land in the South Auckland Land District, containing 112 acres, 2 roods, and 22 perches, more or less, being Part Wharekawa East No 2 Block, situated in Blocks IV and VIII, Tairua Survey District; as more particularly shown on SO Plan 43185, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Hamilton, and thereon edged red; being also part of the land contained in certificate of title, volume 9, folio 17, South Auckland Land Registry.
Fourthly, all that area of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing 1 940 acres, 3 roods, and 33 perches, more or less, being Sections 5 and 6, Block IX, Patoka Survey District (SO Plan 6027).
Fifthly, all that area of land in the Taranaki Land District, containing 21 acres, 2 roods, and 13.5 perches, more or less, being Lots 98, 100, 102, and part Lots 95, 96, and 97, on Deposited Plan 1786, being part Section 105, Moa District, situated in Block IV, Egmont Survey District; as more particularly shown on SO Plan 10128, lodged at the office of the Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth, and thereon edged pink, and being all the land in certificate of title, volume 168, folio 213, the balance of the land in certificate of title, volume 62, folio 246, and all the land in certificate of title, volume 60, folio 59, excepting therefrom that portion of Lot 96 on Deposited Plan 1786, containing 1 rood 7.8 perches, more or less, Taranaki Land Registry.
Sixthly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, containing 152 acres, 1 rood, and 10 perches, more or less, being Section 111, Wharekaka District, situated in Block III, Haurangi Survey District (SO Plan 27823).
Seventhly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, containing 89 acres, 2 roods, and 39.1 perches, more or less, being Sections 38 to 59 inclusive and Section 61, Town of Ninia, situated in Blocks VI, VII, X, and XI, Karioi Survey District (SO Plan 15979).
Eighthly, all that area of land in the Nelson Land District, containing 11 acres, 1 rood, and 37 perches, more or less, being part Section 36, Block XI, Wangapeka Survey District; as more particularly shown on SO Plan 10952, lodged at the office of the Chief Surveyor at Nelson, and thereon coloured red.
Tenthly, all that area of land in the Canterbury Land District containing 527 acres, 2 roods, and 20 perches, more or less, being part Lot 9 on Deposited Plan 3551, being part Sections 58, 59, 60, 129, and 145, Square 103, situated in Blocks XI and XIII, Mandamus Survey District (SO Plan 11459).
Eleventhly, all that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing 303 acres, 3 roods, and 26 perches, more or less, being Sections 10, 57, 58, and 59, 1 of 11 and 2 of 11, Block VI, Clarendon Survey District (SO Plans 321 and 3714).
Twelfthly, all that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing 1 acre, 2 roods, and 36.8 perches, more or less, being Section 128, Block I, Naseby Survey District (SO Plan 16989).
Thirteenthly, all that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing 257 acres, 2 roods, and 20 perches, more or less, being part Sections 6, 7, 16, and closed road, Block XV, Maungatua Survey District; as shown on the plan marked L and S 10/100/39, deposited in the head office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red.
Section 2(2): amended, on 10 October 1975, by section 7(1) of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1975 (1975 No 134).
3 Certain land to be exempted from section 58 of the Land Act
Whereas the Land Settlement Board proposes to dispose of the land described in subsection (2) for amalgamation with adjoining land:
And whereas the land is a small area adjoining Takapuna Beach:
And whereas it is expedient that the disposal of the land be exempted from the provisions of section 58 of the Land Act 1948 as to the reservation from sale or other disposition of a strip of land along the mean high-water mark of the sea:
Be it therefore enacted as follows:
(1)
The provisions of section 58 of the Land Act 1948 shall not apply to the sale or other disposition of the land described in subsection (2).
(2)
The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:
All that area of land in the North Auckland Land District, containing 0.63 of a perch, more or less, being part Allotment 31 of Section 1, Parish of Takapuna, situated in Block VI, Rangitoto Survey District; as more particularly shown on SO Plan 35561, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland, and thereon coloured yellow.
4 Vesting property of the Waitati Library Club in the Corporation of the County of Waikouaiti
[Repealed]Section 4: repealed, on 24 May 1989, by section 10(3) of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1989 (1989 No 16).
5 Vesting property of the Kaitangata Athenaeum Trustees in the Corporation of the Borough of Kaitangata
Whereas pursuant to section 62 of the Otago Waste Lands Act 1866 the land firstly described in subsection (6) (in this section referred to as the first land) was, by notice dated 14 November 1872 and published in the Otago Provincial Gazette on the 20th day of that month at page 486, reserved as an endowment for an athenaeum:
And whereas the first land was vested in the Trustees of the Kaitangata Athenaeum (in this section referred to as the trustees) by the Kaitangata and Wangaloa Athenaeum Reserves Act 1879 as an endowment:
And whereas the trustees also acquired the land secondly described in subsection (6) (in this section referred to as the second land) subject to the Kaitangata and Wangaloa Athenaeum Reserves Act 1879:
And whereas the trustees have established and maintained a library on part of the second land and have leased the balance of the second land:
And whereas the Kaitangata Borough Council has also established and maintained a library in the Kaitangata Borough:
And whereas it is not considered desirable or necessary to maintain 2 libraries within the Borough:
And whereas the trustees have agreed that the library maintained by them be amalgamated with the library maintained by the Council:
And whereas the Council has agreed to take over the assets and liabilities of the trustees and to administer those assets for the benefit of the library maintained by it:
And whereas the trustees now desire to transfer the said lands to the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the Borough of Kaitangata (in this section referred to as the Corporation) for the benefit of the citizens of the Borough but have no power to do so:
Be it therefore enacted as follows:
(1)
The first and second land is hereby vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple absolute as an endowment, without power of sale, for the benefit of the existing library maintained by the Kaitangata Borough Council or any library which may hereafter be established to replace the existing library, subject to any existing leases (including any rights of renewal) affecting it, but otherwise freed and discharged from all other trusts, reservations, and restrictions.
(2)
All money and personal property (including all choses in action and the benefit of all contracts and agreements) belonging to the trustees is hereby vested in the Corporation freed and discharged from all other trusts and restrictions.
(3)
All debts and other liabilities lawfully incurred by the trustees and existing on the passing of this Act shall hereafter be debts and liabilities of the Corporation; and the Kaitangata Borough Council is hereby authorised to satisfy those debts and liabilities out of the general funds of the Corporation.
(4)
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
(5)
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
(6)
The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows:
Firstly, all that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing 304 acres and 38 perches, more or less, being Sections 3 and 6, Block III, Kaitangata Survey District (SO Plan 688), and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, volume 54, folio 101, Otago Land Registry.
Secondly, all that area of land in the Otago Land District, containing 2 roods and 31.5 perches, more or less, being Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block LXXXIV Town of Kaitangata (Borough of Kaitangata), being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, volume 184, folio 161, Otago Land Registry.
6 Gift of Aldermen Islands to the Crown for inclusion in the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park
[Repealed]Section 6: repealed, on 13 November 2025, by section 168(2) of the Ngāti Pāoa Claims Settlement Act 2025 (2025 No 61).
7 Kyeburn Public Library endowment
Whereas, by section 44 of the Reserves, Endowments, and Crown and Maori Lands Exchange, Sale, Disposal, and Enabling Act 1898, the Governor of New Zealand was authorised by notice in the Gazette to reserve the land described in subsection (2) (in this section referred to as the endowment land) as an endowment for a public library in the Township of Kyeburn and to grant the land to any corporate body for an estate in fee simple, without power of sale, on trust for that purpose:
And whereas, by notice dated 8 September 1904 and published in the Gazette on the 15th day of that month at pages 2208 and 2209, the Governor granted the endowment land to the Kyeburn Public Library (Incorporated) (in this section referred to as the incorporation):
And whereas the income from the endowment exceeds the amount required for the purposes of the library maintained by the incorporation on other land:
And whereas the incorporation desires to use the surplus income for other charitable purposes within the County of Maniototo, but has no power to do so:
Be it therefore enacted as follows:
(1)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 44 of the Reserves, Endowments, and Crown and Maori Lands Exchange, Sale, Disposal, and Enabling Act 1898 or in any other enactment or rule of law, the incorporation may from time to time make grants to any person domiciled within the County of Maniototo for any purpose that is a charitable purpose within the meaning of section 2 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 out of any income derived from the endowment land that is not required for the satisfactory maintenance of the library, or any library which may hereafter replace that library.
(2)
The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:
All that area of land situated in the Otago Land District, containing 165 acres, 2 roods, and 29 perches, more or less, being Section 19, Block VIII, Maniototo Survey District, being all the land comprised in certificate of title, volume 140, folio 55, Otago Land Registry (SO Plan 5574).
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1970 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status
A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.
Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes
The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.
4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation
Ngāti Pāoa Claims Settlement Act 2025 (2025 No 61): section 168
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1989 (1989 No 16): section 10(3)
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1975 (1975 No 134): section 7(1)
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