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Te Matuku Marine Reserve
Te Matuku Marine Reserve (690ha) protects one of Waiheke Island's largest and least disturbed estuaries and an area outside Te Matuku Bay in the Waiheke Channel. Forest and Bird applied for the area to be protected. The application by the Hauraki Islands branch was made in 1998. It was finally declared a reserve in 2006.