Pursuant to Regulation 10 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) 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) 2008.
(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 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 10 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 for the management of customary food-gathering within
the area/rohe moana.
(d) “area/rohe moana” means the area described by a line commencing on the coastline at Poroporo (40°27.0'S 176°37.5'E) east to the 12 nautical mile limit to reference point (40°27.0'S 176°53.0'E), then south-west along the 12 nautical mile limit
to reference point (40°47.5'S 176°24.5'E), then north-west to Owahanga (40°41.0'S 176°21.5'E) and then north-east following the coastline to the point of commencement. The geographical coordinates named are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Request to cancel appointment—Te Hika o Papauma, being the tangata whenua who nominated William Wright as a Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana, has requested in writing the cancellation of his appointment as a Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointments—On 14 February 2008, the Associate Minister of Fisheries, under Regulation 10(1) of Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, cancelled the appointment of William Wright as a Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of a Kaitiaki—Te Hika o Papauma has nominated Paul Wright as a replacement Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
6. Appointment of a Kaitiaki—On 14 February 2008, the Associate Minister of Fisheries, under Regulation 10(2) of Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, confirmed the appointment of Paul Wright as a replacement Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
7. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering—A 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. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of February 2008.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.