Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 6) 2012 (No. MPI 70)

Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Director Maori Partnership Implementation at the Ministry for Primary Industries (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 (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 6) 2012.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 14 September 2012.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) "whangai-tai" and "mahinga kai" are local dialect words that have the same meaning as "customary food-gathering", a term that is defined in the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing Regulations 1998.
(b) "Tchakat Kitaki" and "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) "Tchakat Kitaki" and "Tangata Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 for the management of either whangai-tai or mahinga kai within the area/rohe moana.
(d) "area/rohe moana" means all fisheries waters (including inland waters) enclosed by a line with each point being 200 nautical miles from the mean
high-water mark of all islands in the Chatham Islands Group.
3. Nomination of Tchakat Kitaki-The Hokotehi Moriori Trust through the Pa Tangaroa Fisheries Forum, which acts for Moriori and Ngati Mutunga, has nominated Mahara Gomez and Elaine Goomes as Tchakat Kitaki for managing whangai-tai within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tchakat Kitaki-On 3 September 2012, the Minister for Primary Industries confirmed, under Regulation 9(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of Mahara Gomez and Elaine Goomes as Tchakat Kitaki for managing whangai-tai within the area/rohe moana.
5. Confirmation of tangata whenua-Moriori and Ngati Mutunga, as represented in terms of these appointments
by the Pa Tangaroa Fisheries Forum, are confirmed as the tangata whenua of the area/rohe moana to which the appointment of Tchakat Kitaki relates.
6. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for whangai-tai or mahinga kai-Tchakat Kitaki or Tangata Kaitiaki appointed for the area/rohe moana may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources, managed under the Fisheries Act 1996, for whangai-tai or mahinga kai purposes from within the whole or any part
of the area/rohe moana. No whangai-tai or mahinga kai of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from either a Tchakat Kitaki or a Tangata Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of September 2012.
KELLY DUNN, Director Maori Partnership Implementation, Ministry for Primary Industries.