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Akaroa Marine Reserve

Christchurch City, New Zealand · built 2013

Akaroa Marine Reserve is a no-take marine protected area covering 512.15 hectares (1, 265.6 acres) at the entrance to Akaroa Harbour in New Zealand. The marine reserve was approved in 2013 after a lengthy campaign, and established in 2014. The adjacent Akaroa Taiāpure occupies the rest of the harbour and was established earlier.

NatureReserve data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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