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. 44) 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) "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) "the area/rohe moana" means the area/rohe moana from the mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River 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; and inland to the boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Moeraki in the First Schedule of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.
3. Cancellation of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga o Moeraki, being the Tangata Whenua who nominated Trevor McGlinchey and Elizabeth Healey as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from the mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River, have requested in writing the cancellation of appointment
of Trevor McGlinchey and Elizabeth Healey as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
4. Cancellation of Appointment-The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the cancellation of Trevor McGlinchey and Elizabeth Healey as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana from the mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River.
5. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga
o Moeraki, being the Tangata Whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana, have nominated David Dixon Mathews and Gloria May Colloty as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from the mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River.
6. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the appointments of David Dixon Mathews and Gloria May Colloty as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana from the mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River. 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 11th day of July 2003.
PAREKURA HOROMIA, Associate Minister of Fisheries.