TAKE NOTICE that Central Otago District Council intends to exercise its statutory powers conferred by s.77 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 in respect of the land described below.

1.     Apply to the District Court one month after the date of this notice for an order declaring the land to be abandoned, and

2.     To authorise Central Otago District Council to sell or lease the land –
Because the rates have not been paid to Central Otago District Council for three (3) years and the rate payer of the land:

(a)  is unknown, or

(b)  cannot be found after due inquiry and has no known New Zealand agent, or

(c)  is deceased and has no personal representative, or

(d)  has given notice to the Central Otago District Council of his or her intention to abandon the land or has abandoned the land.

Saint Bathans Loop Road, Saint Bathans
Valuation number: 2824104800
Section 18 Block II Town of St Bathans (OT67/70 Otago land registry) in the name of Cyril Cuthbert Pyle & John Mckenzie Morgan.

Saint Bathans Loop Road, Saint Bathans
Valuation number: 2824104900
Section 19 Block II Town of St Bathans (OT73/202 Otago land registry) in the name of Edgar Williamson.

Wedderburn-Becks Road, Hills Creek, Saint Bathans
Valuation number: 2826001100
Section 12 Block II Town of Hills Creek (OT77/114 Otago land registry) in the name of Mary Hanger.

Welles Street, Ranfurly
Valuation number: 2830022900
Part Section 6-7 Block III Town of Ranfurly (OT15C/188 Otago land registry) in the name of Ryan Property Investments Limited.

Hamilton Diggings Road, Kokonga, Kyeburn
Valuation number: 2833014100
Section 25 Block I Rock & Pillar Survey District (OT1D/613 Otago land registry) in the name of John Channing Buckland.  

Saint Bathans Loop Road, Saint Bathans
Valuation number: 2824103800
Part Section 8 Block II Town of St Bathans (OT192/177 Otago land registry) in the name of Agnes Renwick.

State Highway, Tarras, Cromwell
Valuation number: 2841117900
Section 53 Block VII Tarras Survey District (OT9B/672 Otago land registry) in the name of William David Young.

Main Street, Waipiata, Ranfurly
Valuation number: 2828006003
Part Section 214 Town of Komako (OT164/199 Otago land registry) in the name of Alured George Mathias The Elder and James Howell and William Henry Tregonning and John Bloye Coram and Alured George Mathias The Younger and John Gellard Pearce.

All the above properties are within the territory of the Central Otago District Council.

If you have an interest or any information relevant to the proposed application by the Central Otago District Council, you should contact Aimee Osborne on 0508 436 269, dmc@mw.org.nz or DMC, DX PA84005, Feilding. 

This notice is authorised by:
Peter Kelly
Chief Executive
Central Otago District Council
30 June 2026