Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Fisheries Manager Customary 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 (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 4) 2011.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 27 May 2011.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "customary food-gathering" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999;
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 for the management of customary food-gathering within an area/rohe moana;
(c) "area/rohe moana" means the area from the Clarence River to the Hurunui River, extending seaward from each point in an easterly direction to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters (as defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999), as well as inland to the boundaries defined for Te Runanga
o Kaikoura in Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga
o Kaikoura, being representative of tangata whenua who hold manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Darren Kerei Keepa and Sara Watson as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-On 10 May 2011, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Darren Kerei Keepa and Sara Watson as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana. The appointments are for
five-year terms and will therefore expire on 26 May 2016.
5. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering-Tangata Tiaki/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 for which they have been appointed as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. No customary food-gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of May 2011.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Fisheries Manager Customary, Ministry of Fisheries.