Public Notice The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 This notice concerns the former Matakana Post Office, Matakana Valley Road, Matakana and Maori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. The land on which the former Matakana Post Office is situated is described in legal terms as all that parcel of land containing 926 square metres, more or less, being Lot 4, Deposited Plan 42253 and being part Allotment 5, Parish of Matakana, being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title 71D/160, and subject to: 1. Section 27b of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986; 2. Mortgage C. 689272.4. The land was once owned by the Crown. It was transferred to a State Owned Enterprise under the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. There is a special notice or ``memorial'' on the certificate of title for the land which provides that, if the Waitangi Tribunal recommends it, the land shall be resumed by the Crown and returned to Maori ownership (see sections 27a and 27b of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986). The current owners of the land, Brian James Reid and Elizabeth Anne Reid, have applied to the Waitangi Tribunal to have this notice removed. The application has been made under section 8d of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. ANY MAORI PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT THEY, OR ANY GROUP WHICH THEY BELONG TO, HAS A CLAIM TO MAKE TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL ABOUT THIS LAND, SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR CLAIM TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL BEFORE THE 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER 1996. Section 6 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, describes what a claim is. Claims may be posted or sent to the Registrar, Waitangi Tribunal, Seabridge House, 110 Featherston Street (P.O. Box 5022), Wellington. If no claim about this land is made to the Waitangi Tribunal before the 1st day of November 1996, then the Tribunal may recommend that the land no longer be liable to be resumed by the Crown and returned to Maori ownership under section 27b of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. Dated at Whangaparaoa this 2nd day of August 1996. Inserted by: D. J. GATES, Solicitor. P.O. Box 222, Whangaparaoa.