Wildlife Sanctuary (Mokohinau Islands) Order, 1965

Wildlife Sanctuary (Mokohinau Islands) Order 1965 (SR 1965/183) Note These regulations are administered in the Department of Internal Affairs. PURSUANT to the Wildlife Act 1953, I, Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson, the Governor General of New Zealand, hereby proclaim as follows: Contents 1 • (1) This Proclamation may be cited as the Wildlife Sanctuary (Mokohinau Islands) Order 1965. (2) This Proclamation shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette. 2 • In this Proclamation, unless the context otherwise requires,— The Act means the Wildlife Act 1953 Director-General means the Director-General of Conservation. Director-General: this definition was inserted, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65). Sanctuary means the area described in the Schedule hereto Secretary [Revoked] Secretary: this definition was revoked, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65). 3 • The area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be a wildlife sanctuary for the purposes of the Act, subject to the conditions specified in clauses 4 to 6 of this Proclamation. 4 • No person shall enter the sanctuary except: o (a) Members of the Aotea Tribe, Great Barrier Island, for the purpose of exercising their rights under any permits issued for the taking of the young of the grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) pursuant to the Grey-Faced Petrel (Northern Muttonbird) Notice 19641 or any notification by the Minister in substitution therefor: o (b) Rangers under the Act while in the lawful execution of their duty: o (c) Seafarers entering through stress of weather: o (d) Any other person authorised in writing by the Director-General. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1965/0183/latest/whole.html#DLM22805#DLM22805 Regulation 4(d) was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the words “Director-General” for the word “Secretary”. 5 • No person shall, except with the written authority of the Director-General,— o (a) Hunt or kill, take for any purpose, molest, capture, disturb, harry, or worry any living creature in the sanctuary: Provided that members of the Aotea Tribe, Great Barrier Island, may hunt or kill the young of the grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) pursuant to any such permit as aforesaid: o (b) Take, destroy, or disturb the eggs or spawn of any living creature in the sanctuary: o (c) Take for any purpose or interfere with vegetation of any description in the sanctuary: o (d) Introduce or liberate in the sanctuary any living creature or the eggs or spawn of any living creature: o (e) Introduce or plant in the sanctuary any vegetation of any description or the spores or seeds of any vegetation of any description: o (f) Burn or clear by any means whatsoever any trees, shrubs, grasses, or other plant life on the sanctuary: o (g) Camp in the sanctuary: Provided that members of the Aotea Tribe, Great Barrier Island, may camp in the sanctuary while exercising their rights under any permits issued as aforesaid for the taking of the young of the grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera): o (h) Light any fire or do anything likely to cause a fire on the sanctuary: Provided that members of the Aotea Tribe, Great Barrier Island, may light camp fires in the sanctuary while camping in the sanctuary pursuant to the proviso to paragraph (g) of this clause: o (i) Take any firearms or explosives on to the sanctuary or use any firearms or explosives on the sanctuary: o (j) Take or keep any domestic animal or domestic bird into or in the sanctuary. Regulation 5 was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the words “Director-General” for the word “Secretary”. 6 • No person shall deposit rubbish or leave litter in the sanctuary. 7 • The Proclamation issued on the 30th day of May 19612 revoking a wildlife refuge and declaring land in the North Auckland Land District to be a wildlife sanctuary is hereby revoked. Schedule Mokohinau Islands Wildlife Sanctuary ALL that group of islands situated in the North Auckland Land District known as the Mokohinau Islands (but excluding Burgess Island), containing an area of approximately 153 acres 2 roods, situated approximately 14 miles north-west of the northern extremity of Great Barrier Island; as shown on the two plans marked IA 46/29/204 and IA 46/29/204A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington, and thereon edged red SO Plan 208 and OLC Plan 207); together with the foreshore of those islands, being such parts of the bed of the sea as are covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at ordinary spring tides. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1965/0183/latest/whole.html#DLM22811#DLM22811 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 4 November 1965. • 1 SR 1964/176 • 2 Gazette, 8 June 1961, p 806