Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Customary Relationship 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. 9) 2009.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 23 October 2009.
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 the mouth of the Waikato River, being Okarahia (37°22.35'S, 174°42.33'E); then southerly following the line of mean high-water springs to Ngatutura Point (37°31.22'S, 174°44.66'E); then due west to the Exclusive Economic Zone; then northerly following the Exclusive Economic Zone
to a point due west of the point of commencement; then due east to the point of commencement. The geographical coordinates named are in terms of
the WGS84 datum.
3. Nomination of Tangata Kaitiaki—Nga Kaitiaki o Te Puaha, as represented by Te Kotahitanga Marae, has nominated Robert Clark as a Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki—On 5 October 2009, the Minister of Fisheries confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Robert Clark as a Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua— Nga Kaitiaki o Te Puaha is confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of the Tangata Kaitiaki relates. Nga Kaitiaki o Te Puaha is represented by Oraeroa Marae, Te Awamarahi Marae, Te Kotahitanga Marae and Tikirahi Marae.
6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering—A Tangata Kaitiaki from Nga Kaitiaki o Te Puaha 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. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Tangata Kaitiaki.
Dated at Nelson this 20th day of October 2009.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Customary Relationship Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.