I, Timothy John Groser, Minister of Conservation, gives notice as follows.
1. Pursuant to section 6L(1) of the Conservation Act 1987
and section 15 of the Interpretation Act 1999, I hereby disestablish the East Coast/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board with effect on 30 June 2009.
2. Pursuant to section 6L(2) of the Conservation Act 1987
and section 15 of the Interpretation Act 1999, I hereby rename the Wellington Conservation Board as the Wellington/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board, and the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board as the East Coast/Bay of Plenty Conservation Board.
3. Pursuant to section 6L(3) of the Conservation Act 1987,
I advise that the area of jurisdiction of the Wellington/
Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board shall be aligned to the area of jurisdiction of the Wellington and Hawke’s Bay Conservancy of the Department of Conservation (excluding Chatham Islands), and the area of jurisdiction of the East Coast/Bay of Plenty Conservation Board shall be aligned
to the area of jurisdiction of the East Coast/Bay of Plenty Conservancy.
4. Pursuant to section 6P(2) of the Conservation Act 1987
and section 15 of the Interpretation Act 1999, I hereby cancel the appointments to the East Coast/Hawke’s
Bay Conservation Board, and the vacancies on the Bay
of Plenty Conservation Board and on the Wellington Conservation Board which were publicly notified in national newspapers in March 2009. Nominations for membership of the Wellington/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board and the East Coast/Bay of Plenty Conservation Board are now being sought – see the website
www.doc.govt.nz/gettinginvolved
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 2009.
TIM GROSER, Minister of Conservation.