Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, the Customary Relationship 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. 13) 2009.
(2) This notice shall come into effect on 5 November 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 Piopiotahi to Tokata extending seaward 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; and inland to the boundaries defined for Te Runanga o Awarua, Te Runanga o Oraka Aparima, Hokonui Runaka and Waihopai Runaka in the First Schedule of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996. The area/rohe moana includes South Island fisheries waters about and within Rakiura and other offshore islands situated within the 200 mile limit.
3. Nomination of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—The Waihopai Runaka, representing the whanau and hapu of Ngai Tahu Whanui holding manawhenua manamoana over the area/rohe moana (as represented by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), has nominated Carol York-Pakinga for a further term as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary food-gathering within the area/rohe moana.
4. Appointment of Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki—On
22 September 2009, the Minister of Fisheries appointed, under Regulation 9(5) of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, Carol York-Pakinga as a Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki for managing customary
food-gathering within the area/rohe moana for a further period of five years. The five-year appointment will expire on 4 November 2014.
5. Power to authorise the taking of fisheries resources for customary food-gathering—A 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 20th day of October 2009.
JUDITH MACDONALD, Customary Relationship Manager (Deed of Settlement Implementation Programme), Ministry of Fisheries.