TAKE NOTICE that the Waikato District Council (Council) intends to exercise its statutory powers under s77 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 to apply to the District Court not sooner than one month after the date of this notice for orders:
- Declaring the land described below (Land) to be abandoned; and
- Authorising the Council to sell or lease the Land.
| Property address | Record of Title | Legal description | Registered owner |
| 13 Joseph Street, Pukemiro | SA347/89 and SA443/185 (South Auckland Registry) | Lot 14 DP 8585, Pt Lot 13 DP 8585 | Maxwell Bernard Machen |
| Wrights Road, Te Uku | SA399/83 (South Auckland Registry) | Section 174-175 Parish of Whaingaroa | James Belcher |
| 140B Bluff Road, Pokeno | NA945/35 (North Auckland Registry). | Allotment 3 Section 2 Village of Havelock | Alexander MacDonald |
| 140A Bluff Road, Pokeno | NA945/36 (North Auckland Registry) | Allotment 1 and Allotment 3 Section 9 Village of Havelock | The New Zealand Land Association Limited |
| 140C Bluff Road, Pokeno | NA945/38 (North Auckland Registry) | Allotment 1 and Allotment 3 Section 10 Village of Havelock | Alfred Ashton |
| 160 Bluff Road, Pokeno | NA765/85 (North Auckland Registry) | Allotment 4 and Allotment 8 Section III Village of Havelock | Annie Clifton Firth |
| Market Street, Pokeno | NA750/300 (North Auckland Registry) | Lot 18-20 Section 17 Township of Pokeno | Margaret Muir |
| McGill Road, Pokeno | NA945/65 (North Auckland Registry) | Allotment 285 Town of Pokeno | Thomas Labrum |
The Council has the power to make this application because the rates for the Land have not been paid to the Council for three years or more and the ratepayers for the Land are either deceased and have no personal representatives or cannot be found.
If you have any interest in the Land or any information that is relevant to the proposed application by the Waikato District Council, please contact Colin Bailey on 0800 492 452, email: Colin.Bailey@waidc.govt.nz, Private Bag 544, Ngaruawahia 3742.
Dated 3 June 2022