Appendix 5: List of Abbreviations
- DOC
- Department of Conservation
- ECO
- Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand Inc
- EEZ
- Exclusive Economic Zone
- ExxonMobil
- ExxonMobil New Zealand (Exploration) Limited
- Forest and Bird
- Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc
- Green Party
- Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
- KASM
- Kiwis Against Seabed Mining Inc
- MED
- Ministry of Economic Development
- MfE
- Ministry for the Environment
- MFish
- Ministry of Fisheries
- MIA
- New Zealand Minerals Industry Association
- MNZ
- Maritime New Zealand
- NGO
- non-governmental organisation
- PEPANZ
- Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand
- RMA
- Resource Management Act 1991
- SANE
- Students of Aotearoa Network for our Environment
- TIA
- Tourism Industry Association of New Zealand
- TSCZEEZ
- Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977
- UNCLOS
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- WWF
- World Wildlife Fund New Zealand
