| 1 = |
b |
Cape
Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve (1975). Near Leigh, Auckland. |
| 2 = |
a |
Poor Knights
Islands Marine Reserve (1981). North-east of Whangarei. |
| 3 = |
i |
Kapiti Marine
Reserve (1992). 50 kilometres north of Wellington. |
| 4 = |
e |
Whanganui A Hei
(Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (1992). South-eastern end of Mercury Bay,
Coromandel Peninsula. |
| 5 = |
f |
Mayor Island
(Tuhua) Marine Reserve (1992). North-east of Tauranga Harbour. |
| 6 = |
j |
Long
Island-Kokomohua Marine Reserve (1993). Queen Charlotte Sound. |
| 7 = |
n |
Piopiotahi
Marine Reserve (1993). Fiordland. Both this reserve and Te Awaatu have a unique
underwater environment created by a layer of tea-coloured freshwater which sits on top of
the salt water. This allows deep water species such as black and red corals and sea pens,
normally found on the deeper continental shelf, to live in shallower water. |
| 8 = |
o |
Te Awaatu
Channel (The Gut) Marine Reserve (1993). Fiordland. |
| 9 = |
k |
Tonga Marine
Reserve (1993). Abel Tasman National Park. |
| 10
= |
l |
Westhaven (Te
Tai Tapu) Marine Reserve (1994). North-west coast of the South Island. The marine
reserve and adjacent wildlife management reserve protect one of New Zealand's largest and
most unspoiled estuaries. |
| 11
= |
c |
Long Bay-Okura
Marine Reserve (1995). Just north of Auckland. |
| 12
= |
d |
Motu
Manawa-Pollen Island Marine Reserve (1995). Waitemata harbour, Auckland. |
| 13
= |
h |
Te Angiangi
Marine Reserve (1998). Cape Kidnappers, East Coast. |
| 14
= |
m |
Pohatu Marine
Reserve (1999). Flea Bay, Banks Peninsula. |
| 15
= |
g |
Te Tapuwae o
Rongokako (1999). Just north of Gisborne. |
