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SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

  M.Z.N. 56. 2006. LOS of 8 March 2006: Deposit of ten nautical charts showing the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, together with the outer limits of its territorial sea and its exclusive economic zone calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Convention. The charts also depict the line of the maritime boundary delimited between New Zealand and Australia by the Treaty between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of Australia Establishing Certain Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Boundaries, signed in Adelaide on 25 July 2004.

  M.Z.N.140.2018.LOS.Rev. of 18 December 2018: Deposit by New Zealand of lists of geographical coordinates of points concerning the outer limits of the continental shelf of New Zealand beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points
  France: Communication from the Permanent Mission of France dated 31 January 2019 with respect to the deposit by New Zealand (M.Z.N.140.2018.LOS. Rev. of 18 December 2018) of lists of geographical coordinates English | French

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 19 April 2006
Preliminary information indicative of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in accordance with SPLOS/183

Joint Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf by Tuvalu, France and New Zealand (Tokelau) in the area of the Robbie Ridge made on 7 December 2012

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977, Act No. 28 of 26 September 1977 as amended by Act No. 146 of 1980
 Tokelau (Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone) Act 1977
 Continental Shelf Order 2018

Piracy

Crimes Act 1961

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Australia
  Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand establishing certain Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Boundaries, 25 July 2004   (entry into force: 25 January 2006; registration #: I-43985 registration date:  4 June 2007; ) (see Bulletins Nos. 55 and 58)

with Cook Islands
Agreement between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of New Zealand concerning the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries between the Cook Islands and Tokelau, 4 August 2010 (entry into force: 8 September 1983; registration #: 28971; date of registration: 1 June 1992;)

with France
  Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of New Zealand concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundaries between Wallis and Futuna and Tokelau, 30 May 2003 (entry into force: 12 November 2003; registration #: 40601; date of registration: 1 October 2004; )

with Kiribati
  Agreement between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundaries between Tokelau and Kiribati, 29 August 2012 (entry into force: 15 May 2015; registration #: 53058; date of registration: 18 November 2015; )

with the United States of America
 Treaty between the United States of America (American Samoa) and New Zealand (Tokelau) on the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Tokelau and the United States of America, 2 December 1980 (entry into force: 3 September 1983; registration #: 28231; registration date: 25 July 1991; )
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