Protection and use of the islands in the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park.
The outer islands (> 10km distant from the mainland) of Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park comprise less than 0.02 % of the New Zealand land surface and, taken together, support the only remaining temperate lowland and coastal communities relatively unmodified by European man and his introduced mammals. Their value as wildlife sanctuaries and scientific reserves is unexcelled by any comparable area in a National Park.