The Government has announced changes to the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill, including 19 new marine protection areas, while allowing limited ring-net fishing to continue for some fishers. 

The new areas would almost triple the number of spaces protected, but the Government has come under fire for still allowing ring-net fishing. 

Opposition parties and conservation groups have pushed back, saying allowing ring-net fishing would undermine a decade of work. 

Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka joins Tim Beveridge to discuss further. 

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