Pursuant to section 5(5) of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, and to a delegation from the Minister of Conservation, the Operations Manager, Motueka, notifies that he has received a permit application from

Kina Scollay

to film marine mammals in New Zealand.

A copy of the application can be obtained from

www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/have-your-say/open-for-your-comment/

Any person wishing to make a submission on this application can do so by writing to the Operations Manager, Motueka, c/o Bethan Parry, Christchurch Shared Services Unit, Private Bag 4715, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140, 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.

Dated at Motueka this 28th day of November 2016.

MARK TOWNSEND, Operations Manager, Motueka.