5533 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

Written Question

Published date: 27 Feb 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	5533 (2025)
Question asked:	16 Feb 2025
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
Minister replying:	Hon Shane Jones
Answer received:	24 Feb 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_05533_2025
Document guid:	24731442-343b-43ac-848a-552a8f52a455

5533 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: What evidence or data, if any, does the Minister have to back up his claim that "there is no such thing as Maui's dolphin'?

Hon Shane Jones: My personal views on Maui dolphins have no relevance to the proposed changes to the Fisheries Act.