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) gives the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 10) 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) “Tangata Kaitiaki” are local dialect words that have the same meaning as “Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki”, a term that is defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
(c) “Tangata Kaitiaki” means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 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 at a point on the line of mean high-water springs at Papanui Point (37°53.12'S 174°45.39'E), then proceeding in a north-easterly direction following the line of mean high-water springs in and around Raglan Harbour and
up to a point at Waipohutukawa (37°43.34'S 174°49.30'E), then due west for 200 nautical miles to a point on the line of the Exclusive Economic Zone, then following the line of the Exclusive Economic Zone south to a point due west of Papanui Point, then due east for 200 nautical
miles to Papanui Point being the point of commencement. The geographical coordinates named are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Nomination of Tangata Kaitiaki—Aramiro, Mai Uenuku Ki Te Whenua, Poihakena and Waingaro Marae have nominated Maioha Kelly and Ledgeman Thompson (Aramiro Marae), Dave Huirama (Mai Uenuku ki Te Whenua Marae), Paddy Taipari Kaa and Phillip Kereopa (Poihakena Marae) and Kaiwaka Riki (Waingaro Marae) as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki—On 21 October 2008, 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 Dave Huirama, Paddy Taipari Kaa, Maioha Kelly, Phillip Kereopa, Ledgeman Thompson and Kaiwaka Riki as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua—Nga Toko Toru, Ngati Mahanga, Tamainupo and Tainui-Tahinga, as represented in respect to these appointments by Aramiro, Mai Uenuku ki Te Whenua, Poihakena and Waingaro Marae, are confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki relates.
6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering—A Tangata 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 Tangata Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of November 2008.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.