MARINE FISHER AND NON-FISHER SURVEY 2017-2018 RECREATIONAL FISHING AREAS

NATIONAL RESEARCH BUREAU, AUCKLAND, TEL: (09) 630 0655, WEB: www.nrb.co.nz Recreational Fishing Areas Index To Maps

Area Page Area Page No. Description No. No. Description No.

1 North Cape to Cape Brett...... 1 21 Manukau Harbour & entrance...... 4 & 7

2 Bay of ...... 2 22 Kaipara Harbour & entrance...... 3 & 4

Kaitaia 3a Cape Brett to Te Arai Point...... 3 23 Manukau Entrance to Kaipara Entrance...... 4

3b Te Arai Point to Cape Rodney...... 5 24 West of Northland...... 3 Whangarei 4 Whangarei Harbour & entrance...... 3 25 Reef Point to North Cape...... 1

5a North of Barrier Islands...... 5 26 Marlborough Sounds...... 13 Auckland 5b Barrier Islands...... 5 27 Queen Charlotte Sound & Tory Channel...... 13

Tauranga 6 Western Hauraki Gulf...... 6 28a Stephen Is to Tory Channel excl. sounds...... 12

7 Inner Hauraki Gulf...... 6 28b Tory Channel to Clarence River...... 12 Gisborne 29 Clarence River to Conway River...... 12 New Plymouth 8 Firth of Thames...... 9 Napier 30 Conway River to Sumner Beach...... 15 Hastings 9 Eastern Hauraki Gulf...... 6 Whanganui 10 Eastern Coromandel...... 9 31 Sumner Beach to Rakaia River...... 15

11a Northern Bay of Plenty...... 9 32 Rakaia River to Waitaki River...... 16 Wellington Nelson 11b Middle Bay of Plenty...... 9 33 Waitaki River to Tokomirira River...... 16 Blenheim Westport 12 Tauranga Harbour & entrances...... 9 34a Tokomirira River to Long Point...... 16 & 17

13 Eastern Bay of Plenty...... 10 34b Long Point to Slope Point...... 17 Greymouth 14a East Cape – Northern...... 10 35 Slope Point to Te Waewae Inlet...... 17

Christchurch 14b East Cape - Southern...... 10 36 Stewart Is, Ruapuke & surrounds...... 17

15a Hawke Bay - Northern...... 11 37 Patterson Inlet on Stewart Island...... 17 Timaru 15b Hawke Bay - Southern...... 11 38 South West of the ...... 17

16 Cape Turnagain to Turakirae Head...... 12 39a North West of the South Island...... 14

Dunedin 17 Turakirae Head to Titahi Bay...... 12 39b West of the South Island...... 14

Invercargill 18a Waitotara River to Manawatu River...... 8 40a North of the South Island...... 12

18b Manawatu River to Titahi Bay...... 12 40b Cape Farewell to Kahurangi Point...... 12

19 Waitotara River to Tirua Point...... 8 40c Golden Bay and Tasman Bay...... 12

20 Tirua Point to entrance area of Manukau...... 7 N Area 25, 1 Page 1 30 km W E

Three Kings Islands S

Hooper Tapotupotu Point Bay North Cape Cape Titirangi Point Reinga Spirits Cape Maria Bay Whareana van Dieman Bay

Parengarenga Harbour Pandora Bank Ninety Mile Beach Great Exhibition Area 1 Bay North Cape to Cape Brett

Te Wakatehana Excludes Bay of Islands, but includes Island Percy Island. The boundary with Area 3 (The Bluff) Cape extends NE of Cape Brett. Karikari Farmer Karikari Point Beach Maitai Bay Ranganui Area 25 Bay Doubtless Tokerau Bay Reef Point to North Cape Beach Cable Bay Includes Three Kings Islands. Whangaroa Cavalli Harbour Manganui Islands Harbour Waipapakauri Matauri Beach Whangaroa Bay Awanui Ahipara Note: Percy Island Bay Orokaraka Bay (Hole in the rock) Cape is in Area 1 Reef Point Te Angaanga Kaitaia Wikiwiki (Tauroa Point) Beach Ahipara Cape Area 2 Brett Bay of Islands

Waitangi Russell Area 3a Paihia Area 24 Area 2 Page 2

8 km N

Area 1 W E

S Cape Wikiwiki Tikitiki Rocks Cape Poukoura Harakeke Island Brett Te Puna Inlet Inlet Percy Island (Motukokako) Whale Rangihoua Area 2 “Hole in Rock” Bay Ohututea Bay Wairoa Bay Bay of Islands

Bay Okahu Doves Island Deep Water Kerikeri Bay Cape Wikiwiki to Waewaetorea Island Cove Inlet Cape Brett excluding Urupukapuka Percy Island. Whakapae Motukiekie Island Moturoa Bay Moturua Kerikeri Onewhero Bay Topeka Point Motuarohia Rawhiti (Roberton Island) Point Kororareka Point Area 3a Oneora Oke Russell Bay Opito Bay Waitangi Bay Paroa Bay Haruru Paihia Falls Veronica Channel

Waikare Inlet Opua

Waikino Creek Kawakawa River Area 3a, 4, 22, 24 Page 3

Reef Point Area 1 Cape Brett Area 2 Area 3a Whangamumu Harbour Cape Brett to Te Arai Point

Bland Bay Excludes Whangarei Harbour 30 km and entrance area. Whangaruru Rimariki Island N Poor Knights Islands Sandi Bay Hokianga Harbour W E High Peak Rocks Sugarloaf Rock Tutukaka S Ngunguru Bay Whangarei Taiharuru Head Area 4 Ocean Whangarei Harbour Beach and entrance area Omamari Marsden Bream Head Area 24 Point Hen and Chicken West of Northland Baylys Dargaville Islands Beach Bream Bay Reef Point to Kaipara Harbour Waipu

excludes Kaipara Harbour and Langs BeachBream Tail entrance area. Glinks MangawhaiTe Arai Heads Area 3b Area 5a Gully Point Te Arai Point to Wairoa River Arapaoa River Cape Rodney The Black (see pg 5 for Rocks more detail) Little Barrier Island Pakiri Beach Toetoe Area 5b Wellsford Point Otamatea River Cape Rodney

Area 22

Kaipara Harbour Warkworth North and entrance area Kawau Tauhoa Head River Island South Head Shelly Area 6 Beach Orewa Area 23 Tiritiri Matangi Rangitira Gulf Harbour Beach Area 21, 22, 23 Page 4 30 km

Baylys Dargaville N Beach Area 5a Area 3a

W E Area 3b Glinks Gully Wairoa River Arapaoa River S The Black Rocks Area 24 Area 5b Otamatea River

Area 22

North Kaipara Harbour Tauhoa Head and entrance area River South Head Area 6 Shelly Beach

Rangitira Beach Area 9

Area 7 Area 23

Manukau Harbour to Kaipara Entrance Muriwai AUCKLAND

Excludes Manukau and Bethells Kaipara Harbours and Beach entrance areas. Piha Area 21 Area 8

Manukau Harbour and entrance area Manukau Heads Manukau Harbours and entrance area.

Area 20 Waikato River Area 3b, 5a, 5b Page 5 10 km N Area 5a Area 3a North of W E Barrier Islands S

Parry Channel Marotere Islands Mokohinau Hen and Chicken Islands Islands

Taranga Island Simpson Rock Sail Rock Area 3b Needles Point Te Arai Point to Aiguilles Island Cape Rodney

Katherine Te Arai Bay Whangapua Arid Island Point Beach (Rakitu Island) Port Abercrombie Motuhaku Port Area 5b Little Barrier Fitzroy Great Barrier Pakiri Island Beach Island Barrier Islands Broken Islands Kaitoke Beach Whangaparapara Oruawharo Bay Harbour Blind Shakespeare Point Leigh Cape Bay Rodney Tryphena Omaha Harbour Bay Cape Takatu Point Barrier

Warkworth Area 6 Kawau Area 10 Island Channel Island Area 9 Coromandel Peninsula Area 6, 7, 9 Page 6

Pakiri Beach Little Barrier Island Cape Rodney Great Barrier Leigh Island

Area 5b

10 km N Takatu Point

Warkworth Snells Kawau W E Beach Island Cuvier Bon Accord Area 6 Island Mahurangi Harbour Channel Island Harbour Flat Rock Fletcher S Western Hauraki Gulf Cape Colville Bay Moturekareka Stony Cape Rodney to Piripiri Point. Port Jackson Bay East boundary is 2NM west of top Port Charles Motuora of Coromandel Peninsula. South boundary is south of Gulf Harbour Area 10 Waiwera but north of The Noises. Area 9

Eastern Hauraki Gulf Tiritiri Matangi Orewa Waikawa Bay Island Deadmans Point to Whangaparaoa Peninsula Cape Colville including Colville Mercury Bay Islands Channel Island. Gulf Harbour Piripiri Point Happy Jack Island (Elephant Cove) Long Bay The Noises Area 7 Kennedy Bay Rabbit Whangapoua Inner Hauraki Gulf Rakino Island Harbour Island Hautapu Matarangi Beach North Piripiri Point to Orere Channel Shore Motuoruhi Rangitoto Motutapu Point. Hooks Bay Island Island Tarahiki Island Waimate Onetangi (Shag Island) Island Coromandel Mercury Beach Man Motutapere Coromandel Bay Waiheke o’War Pakatoa Harbour Island Bay Te Kouma Motuihe Rotoroa Whitianga Harbour Waitemata Harbour Mission Browns Island Island Westhaven Bay Manaia Harbour Ponui Marina Tamaki Strait Deadmans Island Point Half Moon Bay Maraitai Kirita Marina Pine Harbour Bay Area 8 AUCKLAND Wilsons Kawakawa Bay Bay Firth of Orere Point Thames Area 20, 21 Page 7 30 km

N Auckland Piha Area 23 Area 21 Area 8 W E Manukau Harbour and entrance area Manukau Heads Clarks S Beach

Pukekohe

Port Waikato (Estuary area is included in this survey)

Huntly Area 20

Tirau Point to entrance Ngaruawahia area of Manukau

Excludes Manukau Harbour and entrance area. Raglan Hamilton Harbour Raglan

Aotea Harbour Te Awamutu

Kawhia Harbour

Otorohanga

Tirau Te Kuiti Area 19 Point Area 18a, 19 Page 8 70 km

Area 20 Kawhia Harbour

N

W E Tirau Point

S North Mokau Taranaki Bight River

Area 19 Ahiti

Waititora River Waitara Urenui to Tirau Point New Plymouth

Cape Mount Egmont Egmont (Taranaki)

Opunake

Hawera

Patea

Graham Bank Waitotara Whanganui River Castlecliff

Area 40a Santoff Bulls Forest Area 18a Feilding Rangitikei River Waitotara River to Palmerston North Manawatu River Foxton Beach Cape Farewell Foxton

Manawatu River Levin Area 40c Stephens Island Area 28a Area 18b

Kapiti Island Area 8, 10, 11a, 11b, 12 Page 9

Area 10 Channel 30 km Island Cuvier Eastern Coromandel Island Cape Fletcher Bay (see also page 6 for Area 6 Colville Port Charles more detail of NE coast) N

Waikawa Bay Mercury Islands W E Area 9 Kennedy Bay Opito Area 7 Eastern Bay S Hauraki Gulf Whangapoua (see page 6 Harbour for detail) Coromandel Mercury Bay Whitianga Hahei Area 11b Deadmans Hot Water Beach Point Middle Bay Orere Point of Plenty Waimangu Tapu Tairua Harbour Point Pauanui Area 11a Slipper Island Area 8 (Whakahau) Northern Bay of Plenty Oputere Firth of Area 13 Waihou Excludes Tauranga Thames Onemana River Thames Harbour and both Bay of Plenty entrances. Miranda Whangamata

Whiritoa Mayor Island Waihi Bluff Waihi Waihi Beach Bowentown

Matakana White Island Island Katikati Mount Area 12 Maunganui Motiti Island Motanau Island Tauranga Tauranga Papamoa Harbour and Beach both entrances Okurei Point Maketu Waihi Estuary Te Puke Rurima Island Tarawera Matata Motohora River Island Area 13, 14a, 14b Page 10 30 km

Area 13 Area 14a

Eastern Bay of Cape East Cape - Area 11b White Island Whangararoa Runaway Northern Plenty Bay Waihau N Bay Hicks Bay Papatea Bay Te Araroa W E East Cape Te Kaha

Omaio S Bay Rurima Island Tarawera Moutohara Island River Ruatoria Coastlands Tirohanga Hawai

Ohope Whakatane

Opotiki Waipiro Bay Area 14b

East Cape - Tokomaru Bay Southern

Anaura Bay

Tolaga Bay

Waihau Bay

Pouawa

Gisborne

Poverty Tamarau Bay

Whareonganoa Area 15a, 15b Page 11

70 km

Tolaga Bay N Area 14b

East Cape - W E Southern Gisborne Poverty Bay S Whareonganoa

Wairoa Mahanga Beach Pukenui Beach Mohaka Mahia Whakaki Beach Hawini Rocks Wairoa Lagoon River Ahuriri Point Waipatiki Beach Portland Island Esk River Hawke Napier Bay

Black Reek Cape Kidnappers Hastings Ocean Beach

Bare Island Area 15a (Motuokura) Kairakau Hawke Bay - Northern Pourere Aramoana Area 15b Blacklead Point Hawke Bay - Bird Island Southern

Poroporo

Cape Turnagain

Area 16 Area 16, 17, 18b, 28a, 28b, 29, 40a, 40b, 40c Page 12 N 70 km W E Area 40a Waitotara Area 19 River North of the South Island S Whanganui

Excludes Golden Bay, Tasman Area 18a Bay and Marlborough Sounds. Dannevirke Waitotara River to Area 15b Manuwatu River Palmerston North Cape Farewell Foxton Farewell Spit Area 40b Area 28a Stephens Area 18b Cape Manawatu Levin Golden Island Stephen Island River Turnagain Cape Farewell to to Tory Channel Manawatu River to Kahurangi Point Kahurangi Point Bay Area 40c excl. Sounds Titahi Bay D’urville Otaki Golden & Tasman Bays Island Includes Mana Island. Kapiti See page 20 for details Island and west of Stephens & Area 26 on west boundary. D’urvile Islands Castle Point Area 39a Masterton Titahi Bay Carterton Riversdale Tasman Mana Island Motueka Bay Area 27 Featherston Karamea Porirua Bight Mapua Lower Hutt Flat Point Nelson Picton Wellington Tory Glenburn Channel Baring Head Area 16 Cloudy Palliser Bay Area 17 Bay Te Awaiti Cape Turnagain to Blenheim Turakirae Turakirae Head White Rock Turakirae Head Cape to Titahi Bay Head Seddon Campbell Clifford Bay Excludes Mana. Cape Palliser Area 28b

From Tory Channel to Clarence River (not including Tory Channel)

Clarence River

Area 29

Kaikoura Peninsula Clarence River to Conway River

Conway River

Cheviot Area 30 Point Gibson Area 26, 27 Page 13

Stephens Island

Cape Stephens 10 km Wakaterepapanui Island

Jag Rocks Area 28a Area 26 Greville Durville Harbour Island Marlborough Sounds Trio Islands All the area inside a line N from Stephens Island to Cape Jackson.

Admiralty Bay Chetwode Islands W E Area 18b Pelorus Sound Titi French Pass Island Forsyth S Island Alligator Head

Guards Waitai Cape Lambert Cape Jackson Waitata Reach Anakoha Bay Bay Bay

Beatrix Port Cook Maud Island Bay Gore Area 27 Strait

Queen Charlotte Clova Sound and Tory Bay Ship Channel Cape Koamaru Furneaux Cove Popoure Reach Crail Lodge Bay Endeavour Resolution The Inlet Bay Brothers Pickersgill East Bay Island Tawhitinui Reach

Perano Head Kenepuru Sound Portage Area 17

Hikopu Reach Entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound Tory Channel Tory Channel Mahau Sound Grove Arm Waikawa Area 28b Havelock Picton

Port Underwood Area 39a, 39b Page 14 70 km

Area 40b Area 40c Kahurangi Point N

W E Area 39a Karamea Karamea Bight Little Carters Beach North West of Wanganui S South Island Buller Bay

Tasman Sea Cape Foulwind Westport

Charleston

Fox River Punakaiki Area 39b Port Elizabeth West of South Island Greymouth

Hokitika

Abut Head

Okarito Area 30

Bruce Bay

Haast Jackson Bay Area 31

Awarua Point

Area 38 Area 32 Area 30, 31 Page 15 30 km

Area 29

Conway River

N Area 30 Cheviot Gore Bay Conway River to W E Sumner Beach Manuka Bay S Motunau Teviotdale

Amberley

Pegasus Waikuku Beach Bay Rangiora Woodend Beach

Kaiapoi

Waimari Beach New Brighton Christchurch Sumner Beach Area 31 Lyttelton Lyttelton Harbour Sumner Beach Port Levy Diamond Harbour to Rakaia River Pigeon Bay

Lake Hickory Bay Ellesmere Akaroa Long Bay Birdlings Flat Peraki Bay Rakaia River

Canterbury Bight

Area 32 Area 32, 33, 34a Page 16

60 km Ashburton Rakaia River Akaroa Area 31 Harbour

Canterbury N Bight

Timaru W E Area 32

Rakaia River to S Waitaki River

Waitaki River

Oamaru

Moeraki (Boulders) Katiki Beach Palmerston Shag Point Area 33

Waitaki River to Otago Harbour Tokomirira River Port Chalmers Dunedin Otago Peninsula

Milton Taieri Beach Kaitangata Balclutha Tokomirira River Measly Beach Molyneux Bay

Owaka Tokata Point Surat Bay Cosgrove Island Area 34a Long Point Tokomirira River to Long Point

Area 34b Area 33, 34a, 34b, 35, 36, 37, 38 Page 17

Area 39b

Awarua Point 60 km Milford Sound SutherlandPoison Sound Bay

Bligh Sound George Sound

Tasman Sea Caswell Sound Charles Sound

Nancy Sound N Doubtful Sound

W E Dagg Sound

Katiki Beach Palmerston S Shag Point Breaksea Island Resolution Island Area 33

Dusky Sound Port Chalmers

West Cape Dunedin Otago Peninsula Providence Rocks Milton Western Passage Kaitangata Te Waewae Balclutha Tokomirira River Chalky Island Bay Measly Beach Molyneux Bay Prices Te Waewae Harbour Paihia Riverton Eastern PassageCoal Island Inlet Point Colac Oreti Beach Invercargill Owaka Bay Tokata Point Foveaux New River Estuary Surat Bay Raratoka Area 38 Strait Steep Head Aurarua Bay Island TautukuLong Bay CosgrovePoint Island (Centre Island) Bluff Toetoes Cathedral Caves Curio Bay Marks Bay Area 34a Southwest of the Dog IslandBay South West South Island Ruapuke Tokomirira River Arm Waipapa to Long Point Island Point Slope From Te Waewae Inlet in Point Mason Bay Area 37 (Irihuka) the south to Awarua Point Stewart (Patterson Inlet) Area 34b in the North. Includes Doughboy Bay Island Big Glory Bay Fiordland and Sounds (eg, Area 35 Long Point to Area 36 Slope Point Dusky, Doubtful, Milford). North Arm Te Waewae Inlet in South Arm Stewart Island, Ruapuke the west to Slope Island and surrounds Point in the east

Excludes Patterson Inlet.