Pursuant to Regulations 21 and 22 of the Fisheries
(South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, 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 1988) gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 4) 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 meaning given to it in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) “mataitai reserve” means a traditional fishing ground at Koukourarata (Port Levy) encompassing those waters that lie south of a straight line drawn from
Te Piaka/Adderley Head to Akeake/Baleine Point;
(c) “Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki” means the person or persons appointed under Regulations 21 or 22 of
the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve;
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—Te Runanga
o Koukourarata, being the tangata whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the mataitai reserve
(as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has
nominated Graeme Grennell for a further term as
a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve. His appointment was originally confirmed by the Associate Minister of Fisheries by way of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 29) 2001 (No. F193)*.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—On 30 August 2006, the Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant
to a delegated authority) confirmed the reappointment of Graeme Grennell as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve. The appointment is for five years commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
5. Power to authorise the 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 1996 for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of
the mataitai reserve.
Dated at Nelson this 9th day of October 2006.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.
*New Zealand Gazette, 6 September 2001, No. 119, page 3102