Public Notice The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 This notice concerns 302 square metres being Lot 2, Deposited Plan 176093 in certificate of title 108B/679 (North Auckland Registry) and Maori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. The land at 27 Takitumu Street, Orakei, is described in legal terms as 302 square metres, being Lot 2, Deposited Plan 176093 in certificate of title 108B/679 (North Auckland Registry). 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, JEFFREY ADRIAN Van HOUT and KATRINA LEE Van HOUT, have applied to the Waitangi Tribunal to have this notice removed. This has been done 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 3RD DAY OF AUGUST 1998. 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 3rd day of August 1998, then the Tribunal may recommend that the land no longer be liable to be resumed by the Crown and returned to Maori. Dated at Auckland this 23rd day of April 1998. Inserted by: ANTHONY MOORE ANDREW IVANSON, (Solicitor for the Applicant), care of Gellert Ivanson, First Floor, 1620 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers, Auckland (P.O. Box 25-239, St Heliers or C.P. 35-513, St Heliers). Telephone: (09) 575 2330. Facsimile: (09) 575 2337.