New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

3 Prohibited greenstone exports

• (1) The exportation of pounamu in its natural state, and partly or wholly processed pounamu, is prohibited, except with the consent of the Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control, and subject to such conditions (if any) not inconsistent with this prohibition as may be imposed by the Minister.

  (2) The Minister may give his or her consent as provided in subclause (1) only on written advice—

  • (a) from Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu; or

  • (b) if the pounamu is extracted from the catchment of the Arahura river, from the Mawhera Incorporation.

  (3) This prohibition does not apply to—

  • (a) articles made from pounamu (for example, jewellery containing pounamu):

  • (b) pieces of pounamu included in a display of New Zealand minerals where the pounamu—

    • (i) does not exceed 1.64 cm³ in overall dimensions; and

    • (ii) is polished on 1 side only; and

    • (iii) is reject stone.

  (4) In this prohibition,—

  Mawhera Incorporation has the meaning given to that term by section 8 of the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998

  Pounamu has the meaning given to that term by section 2 of the Ngai Tahu (Pounamu Vesting) Act 1997

  Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu means Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu as established by section 6 of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.

  Clause 3: substituted, on 27 September 1999, by clause 5 of the Customs Export Prohibition Amendment Order 1999 (SR 1999/270).