Pursuant to Regulation 10 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. 25) 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 areas/rohe moana means the areas from the Clarence River to the Gore Bay peninsula and from the Gore Bay peninsula to the Hurunui River; inland to the boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Kaikoura in the Te Rünanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996; extending seaward from each point in an easterly direction 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; returning to the first mentioned point.
3. Cancellation of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Riwai Pacey as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana, under Regulation 5 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, has requested in writing the cancellation of his appointment as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of Appointment-The Minister of Fisheries hereby cancels the appointment of Riwai Pacey as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the areas/rohe moana.
5. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Runanga
o Kaikoura, being the Tangata Whenua holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana, have nominated Raymond Giovanni Maru Jacobs as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
6. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-The Minister of Fisheries hereby appoints Raymond Giovanni Maru Jacobs as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the areas/rohe moana. The appointment is for a term of 5 years commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
7. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering-The Tangata 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 areas/rohe moana. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the areas/rohe moana without authorisation from the Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of December 2000.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Fisheries.