Pursuant to Regulation 22 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the chief executive of the Ministry of Fisheries hereby gives the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Notification of Mätaitai Reserve and Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki) Notice 2000.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 15 December 2000.
2. Interpretation-In this notice:
(a) The term "mätaitai reserve" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) Any reference to "Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means any person or persons appointed as Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the mätaitai reserve under the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(c) Any reference to area/rohe moana means the
area encompassing those waters in Koukourärata (Port-Levy) Harbour that lie south of a straight line drawn from Te Piaka/Adderley Head (at 43?36.36?S and 172?49.66?E) to Akeake/Baleine Point (at 43?36.33?S and 172?51.19?E).
3. Notification of a mätaitai reserve-The Minister of Fisheries declared the area/rohe moana at Koukourärata
(Port Levy), Banks Peninsula, a mätaitai reserve by notice in the New Zealand Gazette dated 14 December 2000.
4. Appointment of Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The Minister of Fisheries in an instrument dated 12 December 2000 appointed Joe Sour and Tim Manawatu as Tängata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana.
The appointment is for a term of 5 years commencing the day that this notice comes into effect.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of December 2000.
JOHN ANNALA, Acting under delegated authority from the Chief Executive, Ministry of Fisheries.