Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 7) 2009 (No. F488)

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. 7) 2009.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 9 July 2009.
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 the area from Piopiotahi to Tokata. The area extends 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 boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Awarua, Te Runanga o Oraka Aparima, Hokonui Runaka and Waihopai Runaka in Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996. The area includes South Island waters about and within Rakiura (Stewart Island) and other offshore islands situated within the exclusive economic zone.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—The Hokonui Runaka, being the tangata whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Rena Naina Peti Fowler and Rodney Ryan as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana for further terms.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—On 23 June 2009, the Minister of Fisheries confirmed, under Regulation 9(5) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the reappointment of Rena Naina Peti Fowler and Rodney Ryan as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana. The appointments will expire on 8 July 2014.
5. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering—A 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 Nelson this 30th day of June 2009.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.