20 August 2015 Chapter 25 - Definitions LMAX means the maximum A frequency weighted sound level (dBA Lmax) during a stated time period. See NZS 6801:1991 Clause 2.1 definition of maximum sound level. LOCAL AUTHORITY has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. MAATAITAI * means food resources from the sea and mahinga maataitai means the area from which these resources are gathered. MAATAITAI RESERVE means a food resource reserve developed in accordance with regulations arising from the Treaty of Waitangi (fisheries claims 1992). MAINTENANCE means the protective care of a place (ICOMOS). MAINTENANCE DREDGING means any dredging of the seabed necessary to maintain water depths to previously approved levels, for the safe and convenient navigation of vessels in navigation channels and at berthing and mooring facilities, including marina developments. MANA means prestige, standing. MANA WHENUA * means traditional authority exercised by an iwi or hapu in an identified area. MANAAKITANGA means the practice of caring for others. MARAE-BASED include: ACTIVITIES • Wharenui and hui activities; • Accommodation facilities including kaumatoa housing, hostels and wharekai associated with the marae; • Church services and activities; • Kokiri training and tuition activities; • Educational facilities and activities and whare wananga; • Kohanga Reo; • Childcare facilities and activities; • Recreation activities; • Tangihanga; • Urupa and burial activities; • Medical facilities; • Administration offices ancillary to the marae function; • The retail sale of goods manufactured or grown within the marae zone; and • Tourist visitor services and operations. MARINA means a facility for the accommodation of boats and/ or ships, comprising berths, pontoons, piers and boat launching ramp(s), and any associated reclamations, breakwaters, and/ or wave protection barriers. MARINE FARM means any form of aquaculture characterised by the use of surface and/ or sub-surface structures located in the coastal marine area. MARINE FARMING Marine farming means the activity of breeding, hatching, cultivating, rearing, or ongrowing of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed for harvest (and includes spat catching and spat holding) and the subsequent harvest of fish, aquatic life or seaweed when carried out on a marine farm; but does not include: a) Any such activity where fish, aquatic life, or seaweed are not within the exclusive and continuous possession or control of the holder of a marine farming permit; or b) Any such activity where the fish, aquatic life, or seaweed being farmed cannot be distinguished, or be kept separate, from naturally occurring fish, aquatic life, or seaweed. 25 - 9