A spatial closure for the purposes of helping recognise use and management practices of Mäori in the exercise of non-commercial fishing rights.This layer is only a geographic representation of Mataitai and contains all states and statuses of a given Mataitai. Only those that have been gazetted are enforceable under law. The full legal description of all gazetted Mataitai 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 vary 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=Mataitai%20Reserve%20Boundaries