“drift net means a net that—

• “(a) acts by enmeshing, entrapping, or entangling any fish or marine life; and

• “(b) acts by drifting in the water or on the surface of the water; and

• “(c) is not attached to—

  • “(i) a vessel; or

  • “(ii) any point of land; or

  • “(iii) the sea bed or river bed”.

• “(iii) Maunganui Bluff–Tirua Point: the waters lying within an area bounded by a line that extends from Maunganui Bluff (at 35°45.54′S and 173°33.30′E); then in a generally southerly direction by the mean high-water mark to Kaipara Harbour–Pouto Point light (at 36°21.76′S and 174°10.87′E); then by a straight line to Kaipara Harbour–South Head light (at 36°25.80′S and 174°14.20′E); then by the mean high-water mark to Lawry Point (at 36°59.31′S and 174°37.05′E) on the northern side of Manukau Harbour; then by a straight line to the Channel Marker No. 4 in Manukau Harbour (at 37°02.00′S and 174°42.10′E); then by a straight line to a point (at 37°04.04′S and 174°39.92′E); then by the mean high-water mark to a point on the northern side of the Waikato River (at 37°22.59′S and 174°43.94′E); then by a straight line to the jetty on the south head of the Waikato River (at 37°23.16′S and 174°43.94′E); then by the mean high-water mark to a point on the northern side of Raglan Harbour (at 37°47.74′S and 174°51.54′E); then by a straight line to Putoetoe Point (at 37°48.01′S and 174°51.87′E); then by the mean high-water mark to Potahi Point at Aotea Harbour (at 38°00.56′S and 174°47.97′E); then in a straight line to Kahua Point at Aotea Harbour (at 38°02.19′S and 174°47.09′E); then by the mean high-water mark to Kawhia Harbour at Tauratahi Point (at 38°05.05′S and 174°46.86′E); then by a straight line to Urawitiki Point (at 38°05.26′S and 174°46.25′E); then by the mean high-water mark to Tirua Point (at 38°23.22′S and 174°38.04′E) extending seaward due west 7 nautical miles from this line along the Auckland and Kermadec Fishery Management Area boundary to a point (at 38°21.80′S and 174°29.43′E), then proceeds in a northerly direction at a distance of 7 nautical miles from the mean high-water mark to a point 7 nautical miles due west from Maunganui Bluff (at 35°45.54′S and 173°22.78′E), then due east to Maunganui Bluff (at 35°45.54′S and 173°33.30′E):”.

• “(2) For the purposes of the area defined in subclause (1)(l)(iii), a straight line joining the mean high-water marks at each side of a harbour entrance or, as the case may be, the natural entrance points of a river mouth must be treated as the inner boundary of that area if it extends seawards or as the outer boundary of that area if it extends landwards, except in the case of any harbours and rivers where specific co-ordinates are provided.”

“6CA Drift net fishing prohibited in Port Waikato

• “(1) A person must not use a drift net for fishing within the waters lying inside a line with the co-ordinates set out in subclause (2) (which are at each side of the harbour entrance of Port Waikato joined by a straight line) and extending landward from that line.

  “(2) The coordinates are—

  • “(a) North Waikato River mouth (at 37°21.10′S and 174°41.33′E); and

  • “(b) South Waikato River mouth (at 37°23.69′S and 174°42.72′E).”