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. 2) 2010.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 22 January 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 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 all fisheries waters enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the mean high-water mark at the mouth of Kaawa Stream at 37°30.23'S and 174°44.56'E; then proceeding in a straight line in a north-easterly direction to a point at 37°28.37'S and 174°47.61'E; then proceeding in a straight line in a north-easterly direction to a point on the boundary of the Waikato Settlement at 37°27.78'S and 174°51.00'E; then proceeding in a generally southerly direction following the boundary of the Waikato Settlement
to a point at 37°35.20'S and 174°52.60'E; then proceeding in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the mean high-water mark south of Otehe at 37°36.78'S and 174°46.81'E;
then proceeding in a generally northerly direction along the mean high-water mark to the point
of commencement. The geographical coordinates named in this notice are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Nomination of Tangata Kaitiaki Pukerewa Marae has nominated Jury Hawkins and Weraroa Marae has nominated Sam Karaka and Rudy Marshall as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki On 16 December 2010, the Minister of Fisheries confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Jury Hawkins, Sam Karaka and Rudy Marshall as Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua Ngati Tahinga, as represented in terms of these appointments by Pukerewa and Weraroa Marae, is confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of the Tangata Kaitiaki relates.
6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering A Tangata Kaitiaki 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 19th day of January 2010.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Acting Customary Relationship Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.