I, Nick Smith, Minister of Conservation, gives notice as follows.
1. Pursuant to section 6L(1) of the Conservation Act 1987, I hereby establish the East Coast/Hawke's Bay Conservation Board, with effect on 1 May 2014.
2. Pursuant to section 6L(2) of the Conservation Act 1987 and section 15 of the Interpretation Act 1999, I hereby rename the East Coast/Bay of Plenty Conservation Board
as the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board, and
the Wellington/Hawke's Bay Conservation Board as the Wellington Conservation Board.
3. Pursuant to section 6L(3) of the Conservation Act 1987, I hereby advise that the areas of jurisdiction of each Board shall be as follows:
(a) The Wellington Conservation Board shall be aligned to the area of jurisdiction of the Manawatu Wairarapa and Wellington Conservation Partnerships Districts of the Department of Conservation;
(b) The East Coast/Hawke's Bay Conservation Board shall be aligned to the area of jurisdiction of the East Coast and Hawke's Bay Conservation Partnerships Districts of the Department of Conservation; and
(c) The Bay of Plenty Conservation Board shall be aligned to the area of jurisdiction of the Western Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Eastern Bay of Plenty Conservation Partnerships Districts of the Department of Conservation.
4. Pursuant to section 15 of the Interpretation Act 1999, this notice replaces the notice dated the 16th day of
June 2009 and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
25 June 2009, No. 94, page 2107, which established the
East Coast/Bay of Plenty and Wellington/Hawke's Bay Conservation Boards.
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March 2014.
HON DR NICK SMITH, Minister of Conservation.