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- 1 2 Reserves Act 1977 s.16
- ↑ "Ngaruawahia's waters - New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 Apr 1923. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
- ↑ "Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act 1939 No 23 (as at 16 December 1987), Public Act 12 Cancelling Orders in Council relating to the Pilot Reserve, and validating and amending Orders in Council relating to the Lighthouse and Signal-station Reserve in the Town of Napier". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ↑ "A Guide for Reserve Administering Bodies" (PDF). Department of Conservation. 2 Nov 2016.
- ↑ "Board of Inquiry into the Turitea Wind Farm Proposal" (PDF). September 2011.
- 1 2 "Resource Management Act 1991 No 69 (as at 12 November 2018), Public Act 229 Purposes of esplanade reserves and esplanade strips – New Zealand Legislation". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
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