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 (No. 2) 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) “mahinga mataitai” 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) “Kaitiaki” 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) “Kaitiaki” means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 for the management of mahinga mataitai within an area/rohe moana;
(d) “area/rohe moana” means one of those areas described in clause 3 of this notice;
(e) any geographical coordinates described in clause 3 are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Appointment of Kaitiaki—On 20 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:
(a) Dudley Ormond Te Nahu (Kaiuku Marae), Huia Lesley McKenzie (Mahanga Marae), Morehu Cooper (Powhiri Marae), Sophie Dodd (Powhiri Marae), Moana Kim Whaanga (Ruawharo Marae), James Keil (Te Rakato Marae), Pua Taumata
(Te Rakato Marae), Valetta Bessie Wairau
(Te Rakato Marae), the chairperson of the Mahanga Marae, and the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Tuahuru Marae as the Kaitiaki for
managing mahinga mataitai within an area/rohe moana described by a line commencing at a point on the coastline at Paritu (38°57.0'S and 177°54.2'E), then due east for 200 nautical miles to a point (38°57.0'S and 177°25.0'W), then due south to a point (43°15.0'S and 177°25.0'W), then 45° north-west to a point (39°18.6'S and 177°45.0'E), then due north to a point (39°13.3'S and 177°44.9'E), then generally north-easterly to a point on the coastline
at Waikokopu (39°04.4'S and 177°49.6'E), then generally northerly along the mean high-water springs mark to the point of commencement.
(b) two committee members of the Onenui Incorporation as the Kaitiaki for managing mahinga mataitai within an area/rohe moana described by a line commencing at a point on the coastline at Hekerangi Point (39°14.0'S and 177°50.8'E), then due west
for two nautical miles to a point (39°14.0'S and 177°48.6'W), then following a line two nautical miles from the coastline around Mahia Peninsula and Portland Island to a point (39°14.0'S and 177°57.0'E), then due west for two nautical miles to a point on the coastline (39°14.0'S and 177°54.0'E), then generally southerly and northerly along the mean high-water springs mark to the point of commencement.
4. Confirmation of tangata whenua—The whanau, hapu and marae of Rongomaiwahine, as represented by the Mahia Maori Committee, are confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Kaitiaki relates.
5. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for mahinga mataitai—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 mahinga mataitai purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana for which they have been appointed as a Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 12th day of March 2007.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.