Pursuant to regulation 10 of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, the Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Notification of Tāngata Kaitiaki/Tiaki for Oparure Marae, Ngāti Kinohaku Rohe Moana).

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on 17 March 2025.

3. Customary food gathering area/rohe moana

This notice applies to a customary food gathering area/rohe moana in the New Zealand fisheries waters described as a line commencing at a point on the line of mean high-water springs at the mouth of the Huikomako Stream (38°30.44′S 174°37.95′E); then due west for 200 nautical miles to a point on the Exclusive Economic Zone (38°30.44′S 170°23.49′E); then north following the Exclusive Economic Zone to a point due west of Tapirimoko Point (38°21.84′S 170°25.65′E); then due east for 200 nautical miles to a point on the line of mean high-water springs at Tapirimoko Point (38°21.84′S 174°39.60′E); then generally southerly following the line of mean high-water springs to the point of commencement.

4. Tāngata whenua

The tāngata whenua of the area/rohe moana are Oparure Marae from the hapū of Ngāti Kinohaku.

5. Appointments cancelled

1. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries has cancelled the appointment of George Kete and Stephen Rewi Walsh as tāngata kaitiaki/tiaki for the rohe moana.
2. The cancellation took effect at the end of 3 March 2025.

6. New Appointment

1. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries has appointed Michael Cliff Joseph Roma and Raymond John Cribb as tāngata kaitiaki/tiaki for the rohe moana.
2. The appointment took effect on 3 March 2025.

Dated at Blenheim this 11th day of March 2025.

JUDITH MacDONALD, Director Fisheries and Aquaculture Treaty Partnerships, (acting under delegation).