Under Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Deputy Chief Executive Fisheries Management at the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1998) 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. 11) 2010.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 18 June 2010.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "customary food-gathering" has the same meaning as defined in 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 the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
(c) "Tangata Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 or 10 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 from the Ouepoto Stream (at 40°08.9'S and 176°50.7'E) south-east to the North Madden Bank (at 40°22.0'S and 177°12.0'E); then south-west
to the South Madden Bank (at 40°38.0'S and 177°01.0'E); then west to the mouth of the Akito River (at 40°36.4'S and 176°25.1'E); and then generally north-east following the coastline to
the point of commencement. The geographical coordinates named are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Request to cancel appointments-The Ngati Kere Rohe Trustees, acting for Ngati Kere, being representative of tangata whenua who nominated John Nepe Apatu, Jeff Hira, Raylene Hutcheson, Russell Kupa, Hiraka Renata, Ross Young Scott and Donald Tipene as Tangata Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana, has requested in writing the cancellation of their appointments as Tangata Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointments-On 1 June 2010, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture cancelled, under Regulation 10(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of John Nepe Apatu, Jeff Hira, Raylene Hutcheson, Russell Kupa, Hiraka Renata, Ross Young Scott and Donald Tipene as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of June 2010.
GAVIN LOCKWOOD, Deputy Chief Executive Fisheries Management, Ministry of Fisheries.