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Kōrero: Marine conservation

Marine protected areas

Type of protected marine area Year established Area (hectares)
Marine reserves
Akaroa 2014 512
Auckland Islands 2003 484,000
Cape Rodney–Ōkakari Point 1975 518
Hautai 2014 853
Hawea (Clio Rocks) 2005 411
Hikurangi 2014 10,416
Horoirangi 2006 904
Kahukura (Gold Arm) 2005 464
Kahurangi 2014 8,419
Kapiti 1992 2,167
Kermadec 1990 745,000
Kutu Pārera (Gaer Arm) 2005 433
Long Bay–Ōkura 1995 980
Long Is–Kokomohua 1993 619
Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm) 2005 2,007
Motu Manawa (Pollen Is) 1995 500
Moutere Hauriri/Bounty Islands 2014 104,626
Moutere Ihupuku/Campbell Island 2014 113,251
Moutere Mahue/Antipodes Island 2014 217,287
Parininihi 2006 1,844
Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) 1993 690
Pōhatu 1999 215
Poor Knights Islands 1981 2,400
Punakaiki 2014 3,520
Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island) 2005 613
Tapuae 2008 1,404
Taputeranga 2008 854
Taumoana (Five Fingers Peninsula) 2005 1,466
Tauparikākā 2014 16
Tawharanui 2011 394
Te Angiangi 1997 446
Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut) 1993 93
Te Hāpua (Sutherland Sound) 2005 449
Te Matuku 2005 613
Te Paepae Aotea (Volkner Rocks) 2006 1,267
Te Tapuwae o Hua (Long Sound) 2005 3,672
Te Tapuwae o Rongokako 1999 2,450
Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) 1992 840
Tonga Is 1993 1,835
Tūhua (Mayor Is) 1992 1,060
Ulva Island (Te Wharawhara) 2004 1,075
Waiau Glacier Coast 2014 4,557
Westhaven–Te Tai Tapu 1994 536
Whāngārei Harbour 2006 254
Marine parks
Hauraki Gulf Marine Park 2000 Information not available
Mimiwhangata Marine Park 1984 2,000
Marine protected areas
Fiordland (Te Moana o Atawhenua) 2005 Information not available
Kaikōura (Te Tai ō Marokura) 2014 Information not available
Ngā Motu/Sugar Loaf Islands 1986 749
Marine mammal sanctuaries
Auckland Islands 1993 Information not available
Banks Peninsula 1988 413,000
Catlins Coast 2008 65,967
Clifford and Cloudy Bay 2008 142,716
Te Waewae Bay 2008 35,906
West Coast North Island 2008 Information not available

This table shows the year of establishment and size of New Zealand’s marine reserves, parks and protected areas in 2014.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Department of Conservation

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Gerard Hutching rāua ko Carl Walrond, Marine conservation – Protected areas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/table/27865/marine-protected-areas (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 6 May 2010, updated 1 September 2015.