Marine Reserves Map

Do you know where New Zealand's marine reserves are?

Marine Reserves...

1. Cape Rodney/Okakari Point Marine Reserve (1975). Near Leigh, Auckland. Also known as 'Leigh' or 'Goat Island' marine reserve.
   
2. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve (1981). North-east of Whangarei.
   
3. Kermadec Islands Marine Reserve (November 1990). It is New Zealand's largest marine reserve. It is not on this map as it is approximately 400 nautical miles north-east of the Bay of Islands - that's about 930 kilometres (about the same length as the South Island). It surrounds the 4 main islands in the Kermadec group. Get out your atlas and see if you can find the Kermadec Islands.
   
4. Kapiti Marine Reserve (1992). 50 kilometres north of Wellington.
   
5. Tuhua/Mayor Island Marine Reserve (January 1993). North-east of Tauranga Harbour.
   
6. Long Island/Kokomohua Marine Reserve (April 1993). Queen Charlotte Sound.
   
7. Te Whanganui A Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (1993). South-eastern end of Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula.
   
8. Tonga Marine Reserve (1993). Abel Tasman National Park.
   
9. Piopiotahi Marine Reserve (October 1993). Fiordland. Both this reserve and Te Awaatu have a unique underwater environment created by a layer of tea-coloured freshwater which sits on top of the salt water. This allows deep water species such as black and red corals and sea pens, normally found on the deeper continental shelf, to live in shallower water.
   
10. Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut) Marine Reserve (October 1993). Fiordland.
    
11. Westhaven/Te Tai Tapu Marine Reserve (1994). North-west coast of the South Island. The marine reserve and adjacent wildlife management reserve protect one of New Zealand's largest and most unspoilt estuaries.
    
12. Long Bay/Okura Marine Reserve (1995). Just north of Auckland.
    
13. Motu Manawa/Pollen Island Marine Reserve (1995). Waitemata harbour, Auckland.
    
14. Te Angiangi Marine Reserve (August 1997). Cape Kidnappers, East Coast.
    
15. Te Tapuwae o Rongokako (1999). Just north of Gisborne.
    
16. Pohatu Marine Reserve (1999). Flea Bay, Banks Peninsula.
    
17. Auckland Islands Marine Reserve (January 2003). This marine reserve is off this map. The Auckland Islands are about 180 nautical miles below the bottom of Stewart Island. Can you find the Auckland Islands in an atlas?
    
18. Te Matuku Marine Reserve (March 2003). Waiheke Island.

Just so you know..... the year (in brackets) after the marine reserve name, is the year the area became a marine reserve.

To learn more about these marine reserves go to the
Department of Conservation website - Marine Reserves