Pursuant to Regulations 20, 21 and 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the 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 (Declaration of Mataitai Reserve at Mataura River and Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2005.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Interpretation—In this notice:
(a) “mataitai reserve” means the identified traditional fishing ground described in clause 3 of this notice; and
(b) “Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki” means any person or persons appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve under Regulation 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
3. Declaration of a mataitai reserve—The Minister of Fisheries hereby declares a mataitai reserve over part of the Mataura River, Southland. The mataitai reserve encompasses the waters of the Mataura River within:
(a) the northern boundary being a line in an easterly direction across the Mataura River (from a point at 46°10.45'S and 168°53.67'E on the eastern bank to a point at 46°10.45'S and 168°53.87'E on the western bank) about 500 metres upstream of the Mataura tannery; and
(b) the southern boundary being a line in a westerly direction across the Mataura River (from a point at 46°13.96'S and 168°50.97'E on the western bank to a point 46°13.96 and 168°51.03 on the eastern bank) at a bend in the Mataura River about 1 kilometre downstream of Shanks Road.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—Rewi Whakariri Walter Anglem is hereby appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the above mataitai reserve.
5. Commercial fishing prohibited area—Commercial fishing within the above mataitai reserve is hereby prohibited under Regulation 24 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
6. 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 Act 1983 and 1996 for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the mataitai reserve. No customary fishing may take place in the mataitai reserve without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of August 2005.
DAVID BENSON-POPE, Minister of Fisheries.