Pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, and acting under delegated authority, 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. 40) 2003.
(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) "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 a general customary food gathering area/rohe moana.
(c) Any reference to "area/rohe moana" of Hokonui Runanga Incorporated Society ("Hokonui Runaka") means the area/rohe moana from Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) to Tokata (The Nuggets). The area/rohe moana extends seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, being the exclusive economic zone. The area/rohe moana includes South Island waters about and within Rakiura (Stewart Island) and other offshore islands situated within the exclusive economic zone. The inland boundaries of the area/rohe moana are those defined for Te Runaka o Awarua, Te Runaka o Oraka Aparima, Hokonui Runaka and Waihopai Runaka under the First Schedule of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996. This area/rohe moana will hereafter be referred to as "Piopiotahi to Tokata".
3. Cancellation of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Hokonui Runaka, being the Tangata whenua who nominated Hine Maaka as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana of Piopiotahi to Tokata, have requested in writing the cancellation of appointment of Hine Maaka as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
4. Cancellation of appointment-The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the cancellation of Hine Maaka as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana of Piopiotahi to Tokata.
5. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Hokonui Runaka, being the Tangata Whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana, have nominated Taare Hikurangi Bradshaw, Rodney Richard Trainor and Kimiora Moananui as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana of Piopiotahi to Tokata.
6. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-
The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the appointments of Taare Hikurangi Bradshaw, Rodney Richard Trainor and Kimiora Moananui as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana of Piopiotahi to Tokata. The appointments are for a term of five 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 of a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of May 2003.
PAREKURA HOROMIA, Associate Minister of Fisheries.