A spatial closure to set aside coastal fishing areas which customarily have been of special significance to an iwi or hapu as a source of food (kaimoana) or for spiritual or cultural reasons.

This layer is only a geographic representation of Taiapures and contains all states and statuses of a given Taiapure. Only those that have been gazetted are enforceable under law. The full legal descriptionof all gazetted Taiapure can be found here: https://gazette.govt.nzand should be refered to as the single source of truth.

The best quality vertices are those that have been located using the Absolute XY tool. All vertices created using other methods may in location by up to 50m.

For a more complete description of the layer please go to: http://www.nabis.govt.nz/LayerDetails.aspx?layer=Taiapure