NaPALIS:

NaPALIS is a web-based centralised system and database for all Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Department of Conservation (DOC) administered land. It allows authorized users to reference and maintain information about land.

Protected Area:

A protected area is a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.

There are around 60 different types of protected areain New Zealand. The most important are:

• National Parks

• Conservation Parks

• Nature Reserves

• Scientific Reserves

• Scenic Reserves

• Historic Reserves

• Recreation (and other) Reserves

• Other Public Conservation Land

These categories vary in their conservation value and the opportunities they provide for outdoor recreation. “Other Public Conservation Land” includes over 7,000 protected areas, and “Recreation (and other) Reserves” combines many of the smaller reserve classes.

New Zealand’s protected areas are managed under six main laws:

• Conservation Act 1987

• National Parks Act 1980

• Reserves Act 1977

• Wildlife Act 1953

• Marine Reserves Act 1971

• Marine Mammals Protection Act 1979.