Pursuant to Regulations 20, 21 and 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture hereby gives
the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Declaration of Kaihuka Mataitai Reserve and Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2010.
2. Commencement-This notice shall come into effect
on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the
New Zealand Gazette.
3. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "mataitai reserve" means the identified traditional fishing ground described in clause 4 of this notice.
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means any person or persons appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve under Regulation 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
4. Declaration of a mataitai reserve-The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture hereby declares a mataitai reserve over all that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line surrounding Kaihuka Island which at every point is 50 metres offshore from the mean high water mark.
5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Gail Thompson is hereby appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki
for the above mataitai reserve. The appointment is for a term of five years.
6. Commercial fishing prohibited area-Commercial fishing within the above mataitai reserve is hereby prohibited under Regulation 24(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
7. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-The Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fish, aquatic life or seaweed for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the mataitai reserve. No fishing for customary food gathering purposes may take place in the mataitai reserve without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of May 2010.
HON PHIL HEATLEY, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.