Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 53) 2004 (No. F277)

Pursuant to Regulations 10 and 23 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, and acting under delegated authority, 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. 53) 2004.
(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) "customary food gathering" has the same meaning as defined in the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
(b) "Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki" means the person or persons appointed under Regulations 9 and 21 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998 as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana and the mataitai reserve, as described in clauses 2 (c) and 2 (d).
(c) "the area/rohe moana" means the area/rohe moana from the Heathcote River outlet to Adderley Head, including the whole of the Lyttleton Harbour.
(d) "the mataitai reserve" means a traditional fishing ground at Rapaki Bay encompassing those waters which lie inside straight lines drawn from the Cass Bay-Church Reserve boundary (at 43 36.78ó S and 172 41.6ó E) to Windy Point (at 43 36.895ó S
and 172 40.4ó E) to the 1C Taukahara boundary (43 36.951ó S and 172 40.95ó E); then along the mean high water mark to the point of commencement.
3. Cancellation of a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki-Te Hapu o Ngati Wheke Rapaki, being the tangata whenua who nominated Wiremu Gillies as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana and the mataitai reserve, have requested in writing the cancellation of the appointment of Wiremu Gillies as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
4. Cancellation of Appointment-The Associate Minister of Fisheries hereby confirms the cancellation of the appointment of Wiremu Gillies as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering for the area/rohe moana and the mataitai reserve.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February 2004.
PAREKURA HOROMIA, Associate Minister of Fisheries.