Pursuant to section 5 of the Marine Mammals Protection
Act 1978, the Department of Conservation notifies that
the following application was received from the Hokotehi Moriori Trust on 18 May 2007 to:
- hold a pelt from a naturally dead beach cast New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) for cultural purposes at Hokotehi Moriori Trust Marae.
A copy of the full application can be obtained from
the Department of Conservation, Wellington Conservancy, 181 Thorndon Quay, Wellington.
Any person wishing to make a submission on this application can do so by writing to the Conservator, Department of Conservation, Wellington Conservancy,
PO Box 5086, Wellington, within 28 days after publication of this notice.
Unless a person making a submission states to the contrary in the submission, that person will be deemed to give his/her consent to the release under the Official Information Act 1982 of all the information in the submission.