Waitemata County v Hughes - [1967] NZLR 344

Public works — Compulsory purchase of land and compensation — Assessment of compensation — Land taken for public work — Having potential value in topsoil and clay available for removal — Such value entirely due to the scheme underlying the acquisition — No market value apart from the special needs of local body acquiring the land — Whether value of such topsoil and clay to be included in compensation — Public Works Act 1928 — Finance Act (No. 3) 1944, s. 29 (1), (c).