The Waimarino County is hereby constituted, and shall comprise all that portion of the Wanganui County, already constituted under “The Counties Act, 1886,” particularly described in the Schedule hereto; and the boundaries of the Wanganui County are hereby altered accordingly.

3 Jurisdiction of County Council.

From and after the coming into operation of this Act, and during the existence of the county so constituted, no local authority other than the Waimarino County Council shall, within the limits of the said county, exercise any jurisdiction or authority over any roads, or over or in relation to any matter or thing in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred upon a County Council under the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886,” or any amendments thereof, or otherwise.

4 Adjustment of boundaries.

(1.)

So much of the Mangawhero Road District and of the Upper Wangaehu Road District as are respectively included within the boundaries of the county constituted by this Act are hereby declared to be merged within that county.

(2.)

The remaining portion of the said road districts shall be deemed to be respectively road districts whose boundaries have been altered by the formation of new districts under “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

Schedule Waimarino County.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-east by the northern boundary of the Kirikau Block from the Wanganui River to the eastern corner of that block; thence by a right line to the summit of Tongariro Mountain: thence towards the south-east by right lines from peak to peak to the summit of Ruapehu Mountain: thence again towards the north-east by a right line to Trig. Station No. 28, Kaimanawa Survey District: thence towards the east by a right line to Trig. Station No. 24, on Te Rotete; thence by a right line running to Trig. Station No. 17 on Auahitotara: thence towards the south by a line in a westerly direction to the junction of the Taupo-Hunterville and Pipiriki-Waiouru Roads: thence again towards the east by the said Taupo-Hunterville Road to the northern boundary of the Maungakaretu Survey District: thence again towards the south generally by the northern boundary of the said Maungakaretu Survey District and the northern boundary of the Ngamatea Survey District to its intersection with the Wangaehu River: thence again towards the east by the said river to where the Waokaramu Stream joins the said river: thence towards the south-east by the said stream to Field’s Track; thence by the said track to the Rangitatau Stream; thence by the said stream to the Mangawhero River: thence towards the west by the said river to the northern boundary of the Tauakira Block: thence again towards the south by the said block to the Wanganui River: and thence towards the south-west by the Wanganui River.

Waimarino County Act 1902