Pursuant to Regulation 10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 18) 2000.
(2) This notice shall come into effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) The term "Customary food gathering" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) Any reference to "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 or
10 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
(c) Any reference to area/rohe moana means the area from Piopiotahi to Tokata extending seaward to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined under Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, being the
200 mile limit; and inland to the boundaries defined for Te Rünanga o Awarua, Te Rünanga o Oraka Aparima, Hokonui Runaka and Waihopai Runaka in the First Schedule of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996. The area/rohe moana therefore includes South Island fisheries waters about and within Rakiura and other offshore islands situated within the 200 mile limit.
3. Cancellation of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Hokonui Runaka, being the tangata whenua who nominated Michelle Hesson as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana under Regulation 5 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, have requested in writing the cancellation of the appointment of Michelle Hesson as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of Appointment-The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby cancels the appointment of Michelle Hesson as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of May 2000.
DOVER SAMUELS, Associate Minister of Fisheries.