In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Director-General means the Director-General of Conservation
marine life means any species of the plant or animal kingdoms which at any time of the life of the species inhabits the sea or foreshore; and includes any specimen of the species whether alive or dead, and any part of any specimen, and the seed, spores, eggs, spawn, young, fry, and offspring of the species; but does not include wildlife within the meaning of the Wildlife Act 1953
mining means any mining or prospecting that may be carried on under a mining right
mining right means—
(c) any authority to prospect or mine for ironsands granted by the Minister of Energy pursuant to section 3 of the Iron and Steel Industry Act 1959, and any authority to enter on land given by him or her pursuant to section 6 of that Act, and any right to prospect or mine for ironsands which by virtue of section 5 of that Act may continue to be exercised as if the said section 3 had not been passed:
Minister means the Minister of Conservation
petroleum mining exclusion area means all the land and water bounded by a line commencing at 39°03′36.0″S and 174°01′24.6″E to a point 39°02′51.77″S and 174°01′51.71″E; then along a line from the navigation light on the lee breakwater of Port Taranaki at 39°03′24.15″S and 174°02′39.98″E to the breakwater; then in a westerly and south-westerly direction along the line of mean high water mark to the point of commencement; and includes all seabed and subsoil below those waters that extends down to the bedrock or 10 metres below the surface of the seabed, whichever distance is the greater
Protected Area means all the land and water bounded by a line commencing at the mean high water mark drawn from a point 39°04′19.75″S and 174°01′10.85″E; then in a westerly direction to a point 39°03′56.37″S and 173°59′57.10″E; then along the line of an arc of 900 metres radius from a point 39°03′29.34″S and 174°00′11.21″E on Waikaranga (Seal Rock) to a point 39°03′10.69″S and 173°59′42.41″E; then in a line to a point 39°02′31.90″S and 174°00′23.72″E; then along the line of an arc of 900 metres radius from a point 39°02′50.54″S and 174°00′52.51″E on Motumahanga (Saddleback Island) to a point 39°02′28.42″S and 174°01′16.93″E; then along the line from the navigation light on the lee breakwater of Port Taranaki at 39°03′24.15″S and 174°02′39.98″E to a point at 39°02′51.77″S and 174°01′51.71″E; then to a point 39°03′36.0″S and 174°01′24.6″E; then in a westerly and south-westerly direction along the line of mean high water mark to the point of commencement; and includes all seabed and subsoil below those waters that extends down to the bedrock or 10 metres below the surface of the seabed, whichever distance is the greater.