Pursuant to Regulations 9 and 10 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, a senior fisheries management advisor of the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1998) hereby gives the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 18) 2004.
(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 (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
(b) The term "Kaitiaki" is a local dialect word that has the same meaning as "Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki", a term that is defined in the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
(c) Any reference to "Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 or 10 of
the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 for the management of customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana.
(d) Any reference to "area/rohe moana" means one or other of the following two areas:
(i) Firstly, an area described by a line beginning on the coastline at Poroporo (40 27.0'S 176 37.5'E) east to the 12 nautical mile limit to reference point (40 27.0'S 176 53.0'E), then south-west along the 12 nautical mile limit to reference point (40 52.0'S 176 30.5'E), then west to Mataikona (40 47.0'S 176 16.0'E) and then north-east following the coastline to the point of commencement and;
(ii) secondly, an area described by a line beginning on the coastline at Owahanga (40 41.0'S 176 21.5'E) then perpendicular to the coastline out to the 12 nautical mile limit (40 47.5'S 176 34.1'E), then south along the 12 nautical mile limit to reference point (40 57.5'S 176 29.9'E), then west towards Whareama to the coastline (40 57.5'S 176 09.0'E) and then north-east following the coastline to the point of commencement.
3. Cancellation of Kaitiaki-Te Hika o Papauma, being the tangata whenua who nominated Matai Hamuera Broughton, Henry James Power, Pikihuia Monica Wilton and William Wright as Kaitiaki, has requested in writing the cancellation of the appointment of the late Henry James Power as a Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointment-The Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) hereby confirms the cancellation of the appointment of the late Henry James Power as a Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana defined above in 2 (d) (i).
5. Appointment of Kaitiaki-The Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) hereby confirms the appointment of Wright Wiremu Broughton as a replacement Kaitiaki to manage customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana defined above in 2 (d) (i), and Patrick Michael Gilbert Dewar as an additional Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana defined above in 2 (d) (ii).
6. Confirmation of tangata whenua-Te Hika o Papauma is confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Kaitiaki relates.
7. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-The Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Act 1996, other than those resources that are taken in fresh water, for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of each area/rohe moana for which they have been appointed as Kaitiaki. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from the Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 22nd day of October 2004.
R. GRINDLEY, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, Ministry of Fisheries.