Pursuant to Regulation 9 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) 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. 3) 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) “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 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 for the management of customary food gathering within an area/rohe moana.
(d) “area/rohe moana” means one of those areas described in clause 3 of this notice.
(e) any geographical co-ordinates described in clause 3 of this notice are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki—On 31 July 2006, the Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) confirmed, under Regulation 9 (1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of:
(a) Brad Bluett, Materoa Dodd, Patrick Fairlie, Meri Hepi, John Hohapata-Oke, Wiremu Hunia, Rapata Kopae, Joe Mason, Pouroto Ngaropo, Sterling Titoko Ratema, Helen Sisley, John Stipich, Te Kani Wharewera, Pitau Williams and Ron Wineti as Tangata Kaitiaki to manage customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana described by a line beginning on the coastline at a point north of Wahieroa (37°53.8'S 176°49.9'E), then northerly for 24 nautical miles to a point (37°29.8'S 176°47.0'E), then south-easterly to a point (37°34.4'S 177°00.7'E), then southerly for 24 nautical miles to a point on the coastline at the mouth of the Maraetotara Stream (37°58.3'S 177°03.7'E), then generally westerly following the coastline to the point of commencement; and
(b) Tomairangi Fox, Anthony Olsen and Jim Rota as Tangata Kaitiaki to manage customary food gathering within the area/rohe moana described by a line beginning on the coastline at a point north of Wahieroa (37°53.8'S 176°49.9'E), then northerly for 24 nautical miles to a point (37°29.8'S 176°47.0'E), then
south-easterly to a point (37°30.8'S 176°50.7'E),
then southerly for 24 nautical miles to a point on
the coastline (37°54.7'S 176°53.6'E), then generally westerly following the coastline to the point of commencement.
4. Confirmation of tangata whenua—Ngati Awa, as represented by Te Runanga o Ngati Awa, is confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki relates.
5. 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 for which they have been appointed as Tangata Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 5th day of September 2006.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.