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Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000

3: Purpose

You could also call this:

"This law helps manage the Hauraki Gulf's natural and historic resources."

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The purpose of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000 is to manage the Hauraki Gulf's resources. You will see this Act try to integrate the management of natural and historic resources. It aims to establish a marine park and recognise the cultural relationship of the tangata whenua with the Hauraki Gulf.

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"What special words mean in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000"

3Purpose

  1. The purpose of this Act is to—

  2. integrate the management of the natural, historic, and physical resources of the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments:
    1. establish the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park:
      1. establish objectives for the management of the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments:
        1. recognise the historic, traditional, cultural, and spiritual relationship of the tangata whenua with the Hauraki Gulf and its islands:
          1. establish the Hauraki Gulf Forum.