Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act 2025

Marine reserves, seafloor protection areas, and high protection areas - Official geographic names

30: Official geographic names

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You can find the official names for some special areas in the Hauraki Gulf. These names are official under the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. The names are for marine reserves, seafloor protection areas, and high protection areas. You can find the names of marine reserves in Schedule 2, which were declared by section 13. You can find the names of seafloor protection areas in Schedule 3, which were declared by section 16. You can find the names of high protection areas in Schedule 4, which were declared by section 20. These areas have special names that you can use when talking about them, as stated in the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, which you can find on the New Zealand legislation website https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM1065400

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Part 2Marine reserves, seafloor protection areas, and high protection areas
Official geographic names

30Official geographic names

  1. The names given to each of the following are official geographic names for the purpose of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008:

  2. marine reserves declared by section 13 and listed in Schedule 2:
    1. seafloor protection areas declared by section 16 and listed in Schedule 3:
      1. high protection areas declared by section 20 and listed in Schedule 4.