Attorney-General ex rel Butler and Others v Gisborne City - [1961] NZLR 795

Local government — Municipal corporations — Powers — Land vested in corporation as recreation ground — Used for many years as botanical gardens — Shown in proposed district town-planning scheme as such — Power of council to change use of land to open park.

Public reserves and domains — Land vested in corporation as recreation ground — Used for many years as botanical gardens — Shown in proposed district town-planning scheme as such — Power of council to change use of land to open park.

Town and country planning — Land shown on proposed district scheme plan as botanical gardens — Power of council to change use of land without amendment of scheme — Scheme to be amended later — Town and Country Planning Act 1953 ss. 22, 35.