Prime Minister John Key defends Government's decision over the Kermadec Islands during the conference.
The National Party may be in the rare position of having to depend on the Green Party to pass legislation which will establish New Zealand's biggest marine reserve in the Kermadec Islands.
New Zealand First today said it would vote against the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill.
Leader Winston Peters claimsthat National was "breaking the law" by creating the sanctuary.
He admitted that he voted against a landmark fisheries settlement - which iwi say the sanctuary breaches - when he was a National MP in 1992.
"But we're not going to have the National Party ... ram it down our throat and then break a deal that they had," he said.
The claim by Mr Peters that National was breaking the law was "a big call", he said, because the issue was currently before the courts.
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei said her caucus' position was to support the bill. However, she was upset about the Government's lack of consultation with iwi about the sanctuary.
"We think the Government did a terrible thing by neglecting its Treaty obligations so John Key could get his photo op," she said.
Maori fisheries trust Te Ohu Kaimaona was not told about the 620,000sq km sanctuary until two hours before it was revealed in a high-profile event at the United Nations in New York.
