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 Okarito Lagoon 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 enclosed by a line:
(a) commencing at a point on the mean high water
mark (MHWM) approximately 2.6km south-west
of the Okarito Lagoon entrance at 43°13.92'S and 170°07.96'E; then
(b) proceeding seaward in a north-westerly direction to a point approximately 100m from the MHWM at 43°13.88'S and 170°07.89'E; then
(c) proceeding in a north-easterly direction along a line every point of which is 100m from the MHWM to
a point offshore from the northern end of the
Okarito Maori Land Reserve at 43°12.04'S and 170°10.96'E; then
(d) proceeding inland in a straight line in a
south-easterly direction to a point on the MHWM
of Okarito Lagoon at 43°12.17'S and 170°11.24'E; then
(e) proceeding along the MHWM of Okarito Lagoon and Lake Windermere (but excluding all waterways, tributaries, streams and rivers that flow into or from Okarito Lagoon and Lake Windermere) and then proceeding in a south-westerly direction along the MHWM to the point of commencement.
5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The Director-
General names Rihari Wallace, Paul Wilson, Helen Rasmussen, Mata Holliday, Brian Cadigan, Robert
Wilson and Thomas Rochford 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.