Pursuant to Regulations 20 and 22 of the Fisheries
(South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Minister for Primary Industries and the Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries give the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Declaration and Notification of Waihao Mataitai Reserve and Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2012.
2. Commencement-This notice shall come into effect
on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the
New Zealand Gazette.
3. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "mataitai reserve" means the identified traditional fishing ground described in clause 4 of this notice.
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means any person or persons appointed as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve under Regulation 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
4. Declaration of a mataitai reserve-The Minister for Primary Industries declares a mataitai reserve over the following fisheries waters:
(a) Wainono Lagoon: The main water body of the Wainono Lagoon and the creek that runs south out of the Lagoon to the mouth of the Waimate Creek;
(b) Waihao River: The main stem of the Waihao River that runs east from State Highway 1 ("SH1") to its mouth (Waihao Box), the part of Buchanans Creek east of SH1 that runs into the Waihao River and the coastal channel (the Dead Arm) that runs north from the Waihao Box to the mouth of the Waimate Creek;
(c) Waituna Stream: The main stem of the Waituna Stream that runs east from SH1 into the Wainono Lagoon; and
(d) Hook River: The main stem of the north and south branches of the Hook River that run east from SH1 into the Wainono Lagoon.
5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiak-The Director-
General names Graeme Lane, Graeme Thomas, Maku Davis, Hinerangi Ferrell-Heath, John Wilkie and Pauline Reid as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mataitai reserve. This appointment is for a term of five years, commencing on the day that this notice comes into effect.
6. Prohibition on commercial fishing-Commercial fishing within the mataitai reserve is prohibited under Regulation 24(2) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
7. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-The Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fish, aquatic life or seaweed for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the mataitai reserve. No fishing for customary food gathering purposes may take place in the mataitai reserve without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of July 2012.
HON DAVID CARTER, Minister for Primary Industries.
JAMES STEVENSON-WALLACE, Director Fisheries Management, acting under delegated authority from the Director-General, Ministry for Primary Industries.