Pursuant to Regulation 10 (3) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Programme Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme) at the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1998) 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. 1) 2006.
(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) “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) “area/rohe moana” means all those waters of the Aotea Harbour and adjacent coastline enclosed in an area bounded by a line commencing at the mean high-water mark commencing at Matawha Point
(at 37°55.2'S and 174°46.5'E); then proceeding by
a straight line in a southerly direction to the
mean high water mark at Kahua Point (at 38°02.1'S and 174°47'E); then following the line of the mean high water mark within the estuarine waters of Aotea Harbour to the northern harbour entrance
at Potahi Point, then in a northerly direction
along the mean high-water mark to the point of commencement.
3. Request to cancel appointment—Nga Hapu o Aotea Harbour, through the Okapu Marae and Ngati Te Wehi, being the tangata whenua who nominated Thomas Panapa Moke as a Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana, has requested
in writing the cancellation of the appointment of Thomas Panapa Moke as a Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointment—On 12 May 2006, the Associate Minister of Fisheries confirmed the cancellation of the appointment of Thomas Panapa Moke as a Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of Kaitiaki—Nga Hapu o Aotea Harbour, through the Okapu Marae and Ngati Te Wehi, has nominated Davis Bobby Anthony Apiti as a Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana.
6. Appointment of Kaitiaki—On 12 May 2006, the Associate Minister of Fisheries confirmed the appointment of Davis Bobby Anthony Apiti as a Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana.
7. Confirmation of tangata whenua—Nga Hapu o Aotea Harbour is confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Kaitiaki relates.
8. 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 the area/rohe moana. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 12th day of June 2006.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.