The government is promising up to
$26 million of public and private funds to improve tourism infrastructure and reef restoration in the Hauraki Gulf.
The Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act, which became law on 25 October, increases areas under some form of protection from 6 percent to 18 percent by extending two existing marine reserves and adding five ‘seafloor protection areas’ and 12 ‘high protection areas’.
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