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.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 1) 2010.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 15 January 2010.
2. Interpretation In this notice:
(a) "whangai-tai" and "mahinga kai" are local dialect words that have the same meaning as "customary food-gathering", a term that is defined in the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing Regulations) 1998.
(b) "Tchakat Kitaki" and "Tangata Kaitiaki" are local dialect words that have the same meaning
as "Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki", a term that is defined
in the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
(c) "Tchakat Kitaki" and "Tangata Kaitiaki" mean the person or persons appointed under Regulation
9 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 for the management of either whangai-tai or mahinga kai within the area/rohe moana.
(d) "area/rohe moana" means all fisheries waters (including inland waters) enclosed by a line with each point being 200nm from the mean high-water mark of all islands in the Chatham Islands Group.
3. Nomination of Tchakat Kitaki/Tangata Kaitiaki The Pa Tangaroa Fisheries Forum, acting for Moriori and Ngati Mutunga, have nominated Mana Cracknell, Leon Goomes, Amanda King, Shirley King and Rana Solomon as Tchakat Kitaki to manage whangai-tai within the area/rohe moana; and Jack Daymond, Alan Harvey, Robin Page, Kevin Maeo Thomas, Trudee Thomas, Albert Tuuta, Jo Ann Tuuta and Eileen Isobel Whaitiri as Tangata Kaitiaki to manage mahinga kai within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tchakat Kitaki/Tangata Kaitiaki On 16 December 2009, the Minister of Fisheries confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Mana Cracknell, Leon Goomes, Amanda King, Shirley King and Rana Solomon as Tchakat Kitaki for managing whangai-tai within the area/rohe moana; and Jack Daymond, Alan Harvey, Robin Page, Kevin Maeo Thomas, Trudee Thomas, Albert Tuuta, Jo Ann Tuuta and Eileen Isobel Whaitiri as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing mahinga kai within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua Moriori and Ngati Mutunga, as represented in terms of these appointments by the Pa Tangaroa Fisheries Forum, are confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which
the appointment of Tchakat Kitaki and Tangata Kaitiaki relates.
6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for whangai-tai or mahinga kai A Tchakat Kitaki or Tangata Kaitiaki appointed for the area/rohe moana may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources, managed under the Fisheries Act 1996, for whangai-tai or mahinga kai purposes from within the whole or any part
of the area/rohe moana. No whangai-tai or mahinga kai of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from either a Tchakat Kitaki or a Tangata Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of January 2010.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Acting Customary Relationship Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.