Pursuant to Regulation 9(2) 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 as the Fisheries (South Island 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) “customary food-gathering” has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) “Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki” means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 for the management of customary food gathering within an area/rohe moana.
(c) “area/rohe moana” means one of those areas described in clause 3 of this notice.
3. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—On 18 July 2007, the Associate Minister of Fisheries confirmed, under Regulation (9)(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of:
(a) Mata Holiday as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki to assist with managing customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana from Piopiotahi to the Pouerua River, extending seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters, as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 being the 200-mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Makaawhio in the First Schedule of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996; and
(b) Richard Rangi Wallace as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki to assist with managing customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana from the Pouerua River and the Hokitika River, extending seaward to the limit of
the South Island fisheries waters, as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 being the 200-mile limit, and inland to the boundaries defined for Te Runanga
o Makaawhio and Te Runaka o Kati Waewae in the First Schedule of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.
The appointments are for five years commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
4. 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 area/rohe moana for which they have been appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 31st day of July 2007.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.