Pursuant to Regulation 9 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 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 mouth of the Waitaki River south to the mouth of the Shag River, extending seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, being the 200-mile limit, and inland to the boundaries defined for Te Runanga
o Moeraki in Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—Te Runanga
o Moeraki, being representative of tangata whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana
(as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Rachele Tiopira as a replacement Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki to manage customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana for a five-year term.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—On 11 October 2008, the Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Rachele Tiopira as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki to manage customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana. The appointment is a five-year term commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
5. 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 without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of October 2008.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.