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.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 21) 2005.
(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) “Tangata Kaitiaki” are local dialect words that have the same meaning as “Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki”, a term that is defined in the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
(c) “Tangata 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 the area described by a line commencing at a point on the coastline at Wairakei (37°42.9'S and 176°20.2'E), then generally north-westerly following the coastline and Tauranga Harbour to a point on the coastline
at Uretara (37°29.8'S and 175°57.6'E), then
north-easterly by a line to a point on the coastline
at Kura-a-Maia (37°27.9'S and 175°59.2'E), then generally north-easterly for 24 nautical miles to a point (37°10.3'S and 176°19.7'E), then south-easterly to a point (37°25.3'S and 176°40.7'E) then generally south-westerly for 24 nautical miles to the point of commencement.
3. Cancellation of Tangata Kaitiaki—The Tauranga Moana Iwi Customary Fisheries Working Committee, on behalf of Ngaiterangi, Ngati Ranginui and Ngati Pukenga, being the tangata whenua who nominated Colin Bidios, Judy Harpur and Christine Taiawa Kuka as Tangata Kaitiaki
for the area/rohe moana, has requested in writing the cancellation of the appointment of Colin Bidios, Judy Harpur and Christine Taiawa Kuka as Tangata Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointment—On 9 June 2005, the Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) confirmed the cancellation of the appointment of Colin Bidios, Judy Harpur and Christine Taiawa Kuka as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of Tangata Kaitiaki—The Tauranga Moana Iwi Customary Fisheries Working Committee, on behalf of Ngaiterangi, Ngati Ranginui and Ngati Pukenga, has nominated Barbara Anderson, Witana Te Ponui Murray, and Josie Ririnui as replacement Tangata Kaitiaki and Carlo Harrison, Moana Jacob, Dolores Nathan and Tei Walker as additional Tangata Kaitiaki.
6. Appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki—On 9 June 2005, the Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) confirmed, under Regulation 10 (2) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Barbara Anderson, Witana Te Ponui Murray and Josie Ririnui as replacement Tangata Kaitiaki and, under Regulation 9 (1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Carlo Harrison, Moana Jacob, Dolores Nathan and Tei Walker as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana.
7. Confirmation of tangata whenua—Ngaiterangi, Ngati Ranginui and Ngati Pukenga, as represented by the Tauranga Moana Iwi Customary Fisheries Working Committee, are confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki relates.
8. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering—The Tangata 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 the area/rohe moana. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Tangata Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 21st day of June 2005.
S. WILLIAMSON, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, Ministry of Fisheries.