Pursuant to Regulations 9 and 10 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. 15) 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 the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 or 10 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 an area from the Pareora River to Whakatu (north of the Hakatere River), extends seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters, being the 200-mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Arowhenua under Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.
3. Cancellation of appointment-On 12 October 2008, the Associate Minister of Fisheries, under Regulation 10(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, cancelled the appointment of the late Thomas (Ben) Reihana as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga
o Arowhenua, being representative of tangata whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Teao Hurae Waaka, Kevin Mervyn Russell-Reihana and Karl Russell as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana for further five-year terms. Te Runanga
o Arowhenua has also nominated John Arthur Henry and Ernest Arved Johnston as replacement Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana for five-year terms; and Michael Wayne Anglem, Gwen Bower, Te Hekenui Heke, Francese Irihapeti Waaka Home, Charles Louie Solomon Rehu and Graham Waaka as additional Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana for five-year terms.
5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-On
12 October 2008, the Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) confirmed, under Regulation 9(5) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the reappointment of Teao Hurae Waaka, Kevin Mervyn Russell-Reihana and Karl Russell as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana; and, under Regulation 10(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of John Arthur Henry and Ernest Arved Johnston as replacement Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana; and, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Michael Wayne Anglem, Gwen Bower, Te Hekenui Heke, Francese Irihapeti Waaka Home, Charles Louie Solomon Rehu and Graham Waaka as additional Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana. The appointments are for five-year terms commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
6. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-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 a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana and the mataitai reserve without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 14th day of October 2008.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.