TAKE NOTICE that Tararua 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 Tararua District Council to sell or lease the land –
Because the rates have not been paid to Tararua 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 Tararua District Council of his or her intention to abandon the land or has abandoned the land.
Jackson Street, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1777027700
Part Section 98 Township of Parkville (WN131/29 Wellington land registry) in the name of The New Zealand Farmers Dairy Union Limited.
Castle Hill Road, Alfredton, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1775012200
Town Section 70 Township of Alfredtown (WN325/147 Wellington land registry) in the name of William James Baghurst.
Castle Hill Road, Alfredton, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1775012500
Town Section 149 Township of Alfredton (WN433/33 Wellington land registry) in the name of Alice Eliza Woodmcre & Ellen Louise Monckton & Leonard John Watson.
Castle Hill Road, Alfredton, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1775012600
Town Section 150 Township of Alfredton (WN28/159 Wellington land registry) in the name of James Gallagher.
Castle Hill Road, Alfredton, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1775012700
Town Section 153 Township of Alfredton (WN28/160 Wellington land registry) in the name of Mary Louisa Gallagher as Executor.
Castle Hill Road, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1775012800
Town Section 202 Township of Alfredton (WN28/155 Wellington land registry) in the name of Basil Burch & Henry Leonard Fuller.
Castle Hill Road, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1775012900
Section 221 Township of Alfredton (WN304/213 Wellington land registry) in the name of Margaret Brannigan.
Castle Hill Road, Eketahuna
Valuation number: 1775013000
Section 225 Town of Alfredton (WN261/227 Wellington land registry) in the name of James Walter Brannigan.
All the above properties are within the territory of the Tararua District Council.
If you have an interest or any information relevant to the proposed application by the Tararua 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:
Corin Haines
Chief Executive
Tararua District Council
1 August 2026