Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Minister of Fisheries hereby gives the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 24) 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 "Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 as Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for a general customary food gathering area/rohe moana and confirmed in clause 4 of this notice.
3. Nomination of Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Rünanga o Kaik"ura, being the representative of Tängata Whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area from the
Te Parinui o Whiti (White Bluffs) to the Hurunui River extending seaward from both points to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined under Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, being the 200 mile limit, and inland to boundaries defined for Te Rünanga o Kaik"ura in the Te Rünanga o Ngäi Tahu Act 1996, have made the following Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki nominations for managing customary food gathering within the following areas:
(a) Wiremu Te Haere Solomon, Debbie Walford, Miriama Kahu, Robbie Garbs, Riwai Pacey, Hariata Manawatü, Raymond (Luke) Clayton, Douglas Poharama, Owen Woods, and Casmahilla King as Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from the Clarence River to the Gore Bay Peninsula, extending seaward in an easterly direction from both points to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999; and inland to the boundaries as defined for Te Rünanga o Kaik"ura in the Te Rünanga o Ngäi Tahu Act 1996; returning to the first mentioned point.
(b) Wiremu Te Haere Solomon, Debbie Walford, Miriama Kahu, Robbie Garbs, Riwai Pacey, Hariata Manawatü, Raymond (Luke) Clayton, Douglas Poharama, Owen Woods, and Casmahilla King as Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana from the Gore Bay Peninsula to the Hurunui River, extending seaward in an easterly direction from both points to the limit of the South Island fisheries waters as defined in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999; and inland to the boundaries as defined for Te Rünanga o Kaik"ura in the Te Rünanga o Ngäi Tahu Act 1996; returning to the first mentioned point.
4. Appointment of Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the appointment of Wiremu Te Haere Solomon, Debbie Walford, Miriama Kahu, Robbie Garbs, Riwai Pacey, Hariata Manawatü, Raymond (Luke) Clayton, Douglas Poharama, Owen Woods, and Casmahilla King as Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering within the particular area/rohe moana for which they were nominated in clause 3. The appointment is for a term of five years commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
5. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-The Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki may authorise any individual to take fisheries resources managed under the Fisheries Acts 1983 and 1996 for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana for which they have been appointed under clause 4. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without authorisation from the Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of September 2000.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Fisheries.