New Zealand opens marine reserves with groundbreaking Māori co-management model

DUNEDIN, New Zealand — At a U.N. meeting in 2015, Aotearoa New Zealand’s then Prime Minister John Key made a major announcement that drew praise from international conservation groups: His administration would turn a swath of waters far larger than the country’s land mass into a marine protected area (MPA).

The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary, planned for […]