Hardiway Enterprises Ltd v Palmerston North City Council - [2013] 3 NZLR 848

Local government — Acquisition of land — Valuation of land — Whether land had special value — Whether acquisition under statutory powers — Whether another purchaser could value land — Whether market value test applied — Whether alternative land reasonable alternative — Whether land to be acquired for public works — Whether valuation reached objectively — “Special suitability” — Public Works Act 1981, s 62.

Valuation of land — Compulsory acquisition of land for public works — Land to be purchased to extend road to another lot — Whether land required for public works — Whether Pointe Gourde principle applicable.