Hauraki Gulf Forum

​Members of the Hauraki Gulf Forum

Hauraki Gulf Forum members include:

• representatives of the Ministers of Conservation, Fisheries and Māori Affairs
• elected representatives of Auckland Council, Waikato Regional Council, Thames-Coromandel, Hauraki, Waikato and Matamata-Piako District Councils
• representatives of the tangata whenua of the Hauraki Gulf and its islands appointed by the Minister of Conservation.

Forum meetings and agendas

The Hauraki Gulf Forum meets quarterly to examine issues related to the integrated management of the Hauraki Gulf.

Meetings are open to the public.

For recent HGF meetings and agendas, visit our agendas and minutes page.

State of our Gulf

The Hauraki Gulf Forum produces a triennial assessment of the state of the Hauraki Gulf and the responsiveness of agencies to strategic issues.

State of our Gulf 2017

Strategic issues

The Hauraki Gulf Forum is required to identify and prioritise strategic issues.

Its current focus is on five priority response areas:

• regenerating areas
• enhanced fisheries
• mana whenua relationships
• active land management
• knowledge utilisation.

Marine spatial planning

The Hauraki Gulf Forum has promoted the use of marine spatial planning as a tool to address priority issues.

View a public presentation by Charles Ehler, co-author of the UNESCO Guide to Marine Spatial Planning on 11 September 2013 on the Auckland Conversations website.

View an international review

​Sea Change project

In September 2013, the Sea Change – Tai Timu Tai Pari project was launched to prepare a marine spatial plan for the Hauraki Gulf:

Visit the Sea Change website for details.

Knowledge products

The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act Guidance Series

The Hauraki Gulf Forum has produced a series of guides on how the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park can be given effect to in policy making and management practice.

​Economic stocktake

​Seabirds of the Hauraki Gulf

​The Gulf Journal

The Hauraki Gulf Forum publishes a quarterly journal and e-newsletter to support inspired management and action around the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park/ Tikapa Moana/ Te Moananui a Toi

View the Gulf Journal website.

Media and educational partnerships

The forum works with media and education partners to communicate the special qualities of the Hauraki Gulf, and opportunities to protect and enhance it.

• View the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park seminar.
• View the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park poster series.
• View the Community Shellfish Monitoring Programme.

Supporting collaborative responses

Bryde's whale ship strike

The Hauraki Gulf Forum acts as secretariat for the Bryde's Whale Ship Strike Collaborative Group.

The group supports and monitors the shipping industry's response to a transit protocol designed to reduce the risk of collisions with whales.

For more information about the transit protocol, see the Ports of Auckland website.

Seabird smart fishing

The Hauraki Gulf Forum supports the work of the Black Petrel Working Group and the Southern Seabird Solutions Trust.

Visit the Southern Seabird Trust website.

Maps of Hauraki Gulf