Skip to content
Nelum
Laws of New Zealand

Lake Rotorua (Motutara) Wildlife Refuge Order, 1993

Made 1993 · Text as of 2026-10-01

Public law and official guidance, published as research. Not legal, tax or financial advice.

About this law

Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
European Union
Country
New Zealand
Subjects
Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords
protected area, management/conservation

Where to read it

    No source link is recorded for this law.

Text

The law's own text, section by section, as held. Each section has its own link.

  1. Reprint 3 September 2009 Lake Rotorua (Motutara) Wildlife Refuge Order 1993 (SR 1993/135) Note This order is administered in the Department of Conservation. PURSUANT to section 14 of the Wildlife Act 1953, I, Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, the Governor General of New Zealand, hereby proclaim as follows: Contents 1 Title and commencement 2 Wildlife refuge declared 3 Prohibition on use of boats within refuge 4 Revocation Schedule Lake Rotorua (Motutara) Wildlife Refuge 1 Title and commencement • (1) This Proclamation may be cited as the Lake Rotorua (Motutara) Wildlife Refuge Order 1993. (2) This Proclamation shall come into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette. 2 Wildlife refuge declared • The area described in the Schedule to this Proclamation is hereby declared to be a wildlife refuge for the purposes of section 14 of the Wildlife Act 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the refuge). 3 Prohibition on use of boats within refuge • Except with the prior written authority of the Director-General of Conservation, no person shall use in the refuge any launch, boat, canoe, or other similar craft propelled by mechanical power. 4 Revocation • The Lake Rotorua (Motutara) Wildlife Refuge Order 1967 (SR 1967/53) is hereby revoked. Schedule Lake Rotorua (Motutara) Wildlife Refuge ALL that area of 145 hectares, more or less, situated in Block I, Tarawera Survey District, bounded by a line commencing at a point (Motutara) on the generally southern shores of Lake Rotorua, and running easterly on a right line to a point on the south-eastern shores of the lake, being the northernmost corner of Owhatiura No 2A Block, then running south-westerly, westerly, and then northerly along the shoreline of the lake (being the line 280.1 metres above sea level) to the point of commencement, as shown on a plan numbered 416/51 deposited with the Bay of Plenty Conservancy Office of the Department of Conservation, Rotorua. Given under the hand of Her Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 7th day of May 1993. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 20 May 1993.

Lake Rotorua (Motutara) Wildlife Refuge Order, 1993 · Nelum