Pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Fisheries Manager Customary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988) 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) 2011.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 15 July 2011.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "customary food-gathering" has the same meaning as defined in Regulation 2 of 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 the area described by a
line commencing at Waipohutukawa at 37°43.34'S and 174°49.30'E; then proceeding due east to the boundary of the Waikato Settlement; then proceeding along the Waikato Settlement boundary generally south to a point due east of Matawha Point; then proceeding due west to Matawha Point at 37°55.20'S and 174°46.50'E; then proceeding due west to the outer limit of the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone; then proceeding generally north following the outer limit of the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone to a point due west of Waipohutukawa then due east to Waipohutukawa being the point of commencement. The geographical coordinates named are in terms of the WGS84 datum.
3. Nomination of Kaitiaki-Poihakena Marae has nominated Sandy Aperehama Tawera Hounuku as an additional Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary
food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Kaitiaki-On 4 July 2011, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Sandy Aperehama Tawera Hounuku as a Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua-Tainui-Tahinga, as represented in respect to this appointment by Poihakena Marae, is confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki relates.
6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering-Tangata 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. 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 12th day of July 2011.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Fisheries Manager Customary, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.