Pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Associate Minister of Fisheries 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 (No. 28) 2001.
(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 1999.
(b) Any reference to "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 or
10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
(c) Any reference to area/rohe moana means the area specified in clause 2 (c) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 8) 1999 (No. F109).
3. Cancellation of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Maraeroa Ruru and Walton Wereta have requested in writing the cancellation of the appointments of Te Maraeroa Ruru and Walton Wereta, as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
4. Cancellation of appointment-The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the cancellation of the appointment of Te Maraeroa Ruru and Walton Wereta as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The Office
of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu on behalf of Te Runaka
o Koukourarata, being the Tangata Whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana, have nominated Tim Manawatu and Ihaia Briggs as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
6. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the appointment of Tim Manawatu and Ihaia Briggs as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana. The appointment is for a term of 5 years commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
7. 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. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Dunedin this 14th day of May 2001.
ROSE GRINDLEY, Manager Fisheries, acting under delegated authority.