Rāhui

In the Cook Islands, raui (also spelled "rahui") have been put in place by the National Environment Service.

[4] Rāhui may be placed on land, sea, rivers, forests, gardens, fishing grounds, and other food resources.

Trees may be set aside as a carving resource; or flax bushes for the weaving of a special cloak for a chief.

[5]: 105 The custom of rāhui is still used today, and it has similarities to the bans imposed by the present day legal system on the gathering of food resources for conservation purposes; however Māori often perceive such bans on the gathering of traditional resources such as shellfish and native birds as 'another denial of their customary rights.

A rāhui was placed on the site by Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei and Tainui elders in March 2021, shortly before construction work on a controversial National Erebus memorial was scheduled to start.