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 1988) 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 2007.
(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) “haere ki tatahi” are local dialect words that have
the same meaning as “customary food-gathering”, a term that is defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998;
(b) “Kaitieki” is a local dialect word that has the same meaning as “Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki”, a term that is defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998;
(c) “Kaitieki” means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 for the management of haere ki tatahi within an area/rohe moana;
(d) “area/rohe moana” means an area described firstly by a line commencing at a point on the coastline
at Kopututea (38°42.0'S and 177°57.0'E), then south-easterly to a point (38°44.0'S and 178°01.0'E), then due east to a point on the boundary established for Ngati Konohi (38°44.0'S and 178°20.1'E), then south-east to a point on the boundary established for Ngati Konohi (38°57.0'S and 178°50.5'E), then due west to a point on the coastline at Paritu (38°57.0'S and 177°54.0'E), then generally northerly following the mean high-water springs mark to the point
of commencement; and, secondly, by a line commencing at a point on the boundary established for Ngati Konohi (38°44.0'S and 178°57.4'E), then due east to a point on the Exclusive Economic Zone (38°44.0'S and 177°24.0'W), then southerly to a point on the Exclusive Economic Zone (38°57.0'S and 177°27.0'W), then due west to a point on the boundary established for Ngati Konohi (38°57.0'S and 179°27.9'E), then north-westerly along the boundary established for Ngati Konohi to the point of commencement. The geographical coordinates named are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Nomination of Kaitieki—The Ngai Tamanuhiri Whanui Charitable Trust has nominated Ripeka Winitana as the Kaitieki for managing haere ki tatahi within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Kaitieki—On 21 February 2007, 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 Ripeka Winitana as the Kaitieki for managing haere ki tatahi within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua—Ngai Tamanuhiri, as represented by the Ngai Tamanuhiri Whanui Charitable Trust, is confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Kaitieki relates.
6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for haere ki tatahi—The Kaitieki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Act 1996, other than those fisheries resources that are taken in fresh water, for haere ki tatahi purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana for which she has been appointed as the Kaitieki.
Dated at Nelson this 9th day of March 2007.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.