Pursuant to Regulation 9 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. 16) 2011.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 14 October 2011.
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 Anthony William Dennis as a Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Kaitiaki-On 23 September 2011, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Anthony William Dennis as a Tangata Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua-Ngati Tahinga, as represented in terms of this appointment by Pukerewa, 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 10th day of October 2011.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Fisheries Manager Customary, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.