Declaration That Land is Held for the Purpose of an Ecological Area Pursuant to the Conservation Act 1987, and to delegations from the Minister of Conservation and the Director-General of Conservation, the Conservator Otago, hereby declares that the land held for conservation purposes described in the Schedule hereto, shall be held for the purpose of an ecological area. The particular scientific values for which it is held are: (i) Its importance as an uninterrupted sequence (now rare or absent on the coast of New Zealand) from tidal eelgrass mudflats, through salt marsh and salt marsh shrubland to adjacent dryland; (ii) Its values for fish productivity (including shellfish); (iii) Its indigenous invertebrates; and (iv) Its use by a significant variety of migratory wading birds. Schedule Otago Land District Dunedin City Council 117.2 hectares, more or less, being Area ``A'' on S.O. 24759, part Lot 3, D.P. 24352. Part certificate of title 16D/747. 241 hectares, more or less, being Section 1, S.O. 24186, Block V, North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District. Part document 908110. Dated at Dunedin this 28th day of May 1998. J. E. CONNELL, Conservator. (DOC: CON 23)1/1CL