Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Programme Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme) at the Ministry of Fisheries (acting pursuant to a delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988) 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. 1) 2009.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 5 February 2009.
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 for the management of customary food-gathering within an area/rohe moana.
(c) “area/rohe moana” means the area from Koukourarata Harbour south to Waihora via the Kaituna Valley, and all the eastern bays and coastline of Banks Peninsula from Koukourarata to Pohatu Pa (Flea Bay), extending seaward 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.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—Te Runanga
o Koukourarata, being representative of tangata whenua who hold manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Meri Crofts and Graeme Grennell as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki to manage customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana for further five-year terms.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—On
21 January 2009, the Minister of Fisheries confirmed, under Regulation 9(5) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the appointment of Meri Crofts and Graeme Grennell as Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki to manage customary food-gathering in the area/rohe moana. The appointments are for five-year terms commencing on
5 February 2009.
5. Power to authorise taking of fisheries resources for customary food gathering—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 for which they have been appointed as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki. 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 Nelson this 26th day of January 2009.
RAYMOND NECKLEN, Programme Manager (Deed
of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.