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

Auckland Whale and Dolphin Safari

to film marine mammals in the Hauraki Gulf.

Application details can be obtained online at

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

received by email on request from

permissionschristchurch@doc.govt.nz

and from the Department of Conservation office in Christchurch.

Any submissions on the application are to be sent to the Director-General of Conservation, Department of Conservation, Christchurch Shared Services, Private Bag 4715, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140 (attention: Amanda Edmonds), to be received 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 their consent to the release under the Official Information Act 1982 of all the information in the submission.

Dated at Christchurch this 22nd day of December 2016.

NICHOLAS TUROA, Operations Manager, Auckland.