In accordance with section 122(7) of the Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Act 2014, the Director-General of Conservation hereby publishes notice of the following appointments to the strategic advisory committee that was established by section 121 of the Act to perform functions in relation to the Kapiti Island reserve sites created by the Act.

The following appointments have been made by the Director-General of Conservation in accordance with section 122(3) of the Act and the appointees have been notified by the Director-General:

Dr Barry Wards, of Upper Hutt

Robert Keith Stone, of Wellington.

The trustee of the Toa Rangatira Trust has made the following appointments in accordance with section 122(2) of the Act and the appointees have been notified by the trustee:

Graeme Lee Hastilow, of Porirua

Miria Louise Woodbine Pomare, of Porirua.

The trustee of the Toa Rangatira Trust has appointed

Miria Louise Woodbine Pomare

to be the chairperson of the strategic advisory committee in accordance with section 122(5) of the Act.

These appointments take effect from the date of this notice and are for a term of five years.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 2015.

LOU SANSON, Director-General of Conservation.