Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Acting 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.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 5) 2010.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 2 April 2010.
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 Otehe (Crayfish Point) at 37°36.14'S and 174°46.26'E; then proceeding due east to the boundary of the Waikato River settlement; then proceeding along the Waikato
River settlement boundary generally south-east
to a point due east of Te Hara Point; then
proceeding due west to Te Hara Point at 37°44.45'S and 174°49.38'E; then proceeding in a generally northerly direction along the mean high-water
mark to the point of commencement.
The geographical coordinates named are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Nomination of Tangata Kaitiaki-Te Akau
Marae, representing Ngati Tahinga, has nominated Peter Manukapua Ponga and Tom Tahinga Rupapere as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki-On 15 March 2010, the Acting Minister of Fisheries confirmed,
under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Peter Manukapua Ponga and Tom Tahinga Rupapere as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua-Ngati Tahinga, as represented in respect to these appointments by Te Akau Marae, is 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 appointed for the area/rohe moana 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 Wellington this 29th day of March 2010.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Acting Customary Relationship Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.