Pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Acting Deputy Director-General Maori Primary Sector Partnerships 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.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 8) 2013.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 4 October 2013.
2. Interpretation-(1) In this notice, "area/rohe moana" means the area described in clause 6(1).
(2) Terms used in this notice have the same meaning as in the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998.
3. Request to cancel appointment-Mangaroa Marae and Kahungunu ki Te Matau a Maui, acting for tangata whenua who nominated Richard Rihimoana Pongo Waerea and Whakamoraro Walker as Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for the area/rohe moana, have requested in writing the cancellation of their appointments as Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki.
4. Cancellation of appointment-On 21 September 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries cancelled, under Regulation 10(1) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the appointment of the late Richard Rihimoana Pongo Waerea and Whakamoraro Walker as Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of a Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki-Mangaroa Marae and Kahungunu ki Te Matau a Maui acting for tangata whenua, have nominated Thompson Hokianga and Ngahiti Waerea as replacement Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana described in clause 6(1).
6. Appointment of a Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki-(1) On
21 September 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries appointed, under Regulation 10(2) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, Thompson Hokianga and Ngahiti Waerea as replacement Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana enclosed by a line:
(a) commencing at a point on the mean high water mark (MHWM) on the south-eastern side of the Port
of Napier near Bluff Hill (at 39ø28.90'S and 176ø55.20'E); then
(b) proceeding in a north-easterly direction to a point offshore (at 39ø26.90'S and 177ø09.60'E); then
(c) proceeding due east to the point where the 36ø26.90'S intersects with the boundary of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ); then
(d) proceeding in a southerly direction along the boundary of the EEZ to the point where the 39ø38.60'S parallel intersects with the boundary of the EEZ; then
(e) proceeding due west for approximately 200 nautical miles to a point on the MHWM at Cape Kidnappers (at 39ø38.60'S and 177ø05.73'E); then
(f) proceeding along the MHWM in a generally northerly direction to the point of commencement.
(2) The geographical coordinates used in paragraph
6(1)(a)-(f) are stated in terms of the WGS84 datum.
7. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering-Tangata Kaitiaki/Tiaki 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/Tiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of September 2013.
KELLY DUNN, Acting Deputy Director-General Maori Primary Sector Partnerships, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).