Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, a senior fisheries management advisor of the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1998) 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. 6) 2005.
(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 Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana.
(c) the “area/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 Te Runanga 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 in Regulation 2 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, being the 200 mile limit; returning to the first mentioned point.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—Miriama Kahu, Hariata Manawatu, Debbie Walford and Owen Woods were nominated as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki by
Te Runanga o Kaikoura. Their appointments were originally confirmed by the Minister of Fisheries by way of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Notice (No. 24) 2000. Te Runanga o Kaikoura, being the tangata whenua who holds manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Miriama Kahu, Hariata Manawatu, Debbie Walford and Owen Woods as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana for further five-year periods.
4. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—Nukuroa Nash was also nominated as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki by
Te Runanga o Kaikoura. Te Runanga o Kaikoura, being the tangata whenua who holds manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Nukuroa Nash as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for the area/rohe moana for a period of
five years.
5. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—On 4 October 2005, the Associate Minister of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority) confirmed the appointment of Miriama Kahu, Hariata Manawatu, Nukuroa Nash, Debbie Walford and Owen Woods as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food gathering in the area/rohe moana. The appointments are for five years commencing the day this notice comes into effect.
6. 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 Act 1996 for customary food gathering purposes from within the whole or any part of the area/rohe moana. No customary food gathering of fisheries resources may take place in the area/rohe moana without an authorisation from a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki.
Dated at Dunedin this 10th day of October 2005.
R. GRINDLEY, Senior Fisheries Management Advisor, Ministry of Fisheries.