OIA24-0941
10 February 2025
Craig Innes
[FYI request #29629 email]
Dear Craig,
Thank you for your email of 20 December 2024 requesting information relating to
Customary Fisheries datasets. Your request has been considered under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA).
You requested the following:
Please provide the GIS data for Māori customary fishing/customary fisheries areas rules
and maps.
In addition, these datasets were previously available via the open data portal. Please
explain why these cannot now be downloaded.
The information requested is available online through this rest service link:
https:/ maps.mpi.govt.nz/wss/service/ags-
relay/arcgis1/guest/arcgis/rest/services/MARINE/MARINE_RestrictionsCustomary/MapServe
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The information can be viewed by using the "ArcGIS.com Map" link or it may be able to be
used/analysed using GIS desktop software.
Rules and maps can be viewed online using ArcGIS online via the following links:
• Iwi Fisheries Protocol Areas -
https:/ mpi.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=bb853d96f00b4449864e398c8a7056f0
• Mataitai Reserve Boundaries -
https:/ mpi.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=52c8cf17955547038d588e4e9924c7eb
• Mataitai Reserves Freshwater -
https:/ mpi.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=178bd68162044b3ab52282db24b9c08c
• Rohe Moana -
https:/ mpi.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=469c253e2b904431907864b787380866
• S186 Temporary Closures -
https:/ mpi.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=28c926e311594b1280cd144437cb1479
• Geographic representation of Taiapure -
https:/ mpi.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=32355792e4df48dda83e174de6b12749
There is no record that the information you requested has been available through the
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)’s open data portal at any time since its development.
Fisheries New Zealand
Science & Information
Charles Fergusson Building, 38–42 Bowen Street
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
fisheries.govt.nz
The portal was created in 2017 for the National Environmental Standards Forestry Data with
currently accessible Fisheries data added in 2020. Should you have any further spatial
enquiries, you can contact
[email address]. Any other fisheries data
enquiries can be sent t
o [email address].
Should you have any concerns with this response, I would encourage you to raise these with
the Ministry for Primary Industries at
[email address]. Alternatively, you
are advised of your right to also raise any concerns with the Office of the Ombudsman.
Contact details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 or at
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Simon Lawrence
Director, Science & Information
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