Notice Type
Departmental
Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 11) 1999 (No. F113) Pursuant to regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control hereby gives the following notice. N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice 1999. (2) This notice shall come into effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette. 2. Interpretation In this notice: (a) The term ``Customary food gathering'' has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998; (b) Any reference to ``Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki'' means the person or persons appointed under regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the general customary food gathering area/rohe moana described in clause 3, and confirmed in clause 4 of this notice; 3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki With the support of Te Runanga o Otakou, Te Runanga o Awarua, being the tangata whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area from the Koau Branch of the Clutha River to Makati (Chaslands Mistake), extending seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined under Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, being the 200 mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Awarua under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996, have made the following Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki nominations for managing customary food gathering within this area: (a) Edward Ruffell as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from the Koau Branch of the Clutha River to Tokata, extending seaward to the 200 mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Awarua under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996; (b) Una Booth as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from Tokata to Catlins heads, extending seaward to the 200 mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Awarua under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996; (c) Nui Rickus as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from Catlins Heads to Mahaka Point, extending seaward to the 200 mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Awarua under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996, (d) Rata Shanks and Marna Duff as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from Mahaka Point to Makati, extending seaward to the 200 mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Awarua under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996. 4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki The Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control hereby confirms the appointment of Edward Ruffell, Una Booth, Nui Rickus, Rata Shanks and Marna Dunn as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the particular area/rohe moana for which they were nominated in clause 3. The appointment is for a term of 5 years commencing the day this notice comes into effect. 5. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering The Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Acts 1983 and 1996 for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana for which they have been appointed under clause 4. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. Dated at Wellington this 11th day of March 1999. DAVID CARTER, Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control.
Publication Date
18 Mar 1999

Notice Number

1999-go2114

Page Number

832