A decade of advocacy for strengthened marine protection of the Hauraki Gulf has paid off for protestors.
The Prime Minister has announced a plan to establish nineteen new protection areas, which will nearly triple the total area under protection in the Gulf.
Large swathes of the Gulf will have bottom trawling practices banned, but the plan doesn't live up to advocate's hopes of a complete ban.
Hauraki Gulf Forum co-chair Nicola MacDonald spoke to Corin Dann.
